skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
EU as well and anecdotal; I have 3 dutch bank accounts with CCs, Spanish one with Debitcard and Revolut debit card. Chargebacks on the Spanish are the easiest; I mail my bank and they refund whatever I ask them no questions asked. Revolut does so as well but they ask questions. The Dutch Cc ones are the worst; they require a lengthy process and sometimes they still do not side with me even though it is rather obvious. However, if they detect them themselves (the fraud transactions) then they do reverse without issues: I am talking about the ones I report (over many years; it does not happen often, and only in countries that do not use chip and pin for most transactions like US, some places in HK etc).
BGP route/prefix leaks. BGP is the protocol that deals with routing across the various internet backbones (known in the protocol as "autonomous systems", identified by an AS number).

On that protocol, the various systems broadcast what prefixes they can route, which then affects the rest of the networks' routing decisions.

By error or malice, a system can report a prefix they cannot or should not route, causing other systems to start routing traffic across it. This will either just cause weird routes (such as ones going through certain suspicious countries), cause poor performance for those routed, or no connection at all for those routed.
I guess that would change when underwater drones can be mass produced to such a degree that they could detect and hunt down all nuclear subs within strike distance almost instantly. It's unclear to me whether that's even realistic based on raw materials required.
HN hasn't been on Cloudflare for almost a year now.
Straight to their origin server it seems.
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Does anyone know which global sites were unavailable because of Cloudflare crash?
The infrastructure for that isn’t really financially feasible in rural areas. It also means you’re using potable water for things like bathing even when the well water is good enough for bathing but not drinking.
From the article:

> A ship towed the U-shaped barrier from San Francisco to the patch in September to trap the plastic. But during the four months at sea, the boom broke apart under constant waves and wind and the boom was not retaining the plastic it caught.
Wouldn't be the first time. For people who carve out their livelihood on these platforms (or TRY to), the consequences of getting blacklisted ruins them, and things can become quite desperate.

Getting your PayPal account hacked and drained is pretty bad. Getting blacklisted on Patreon is possibly worse.
> The brain doesn't know to overlap memories by some hidden timestamp of oh these both happened at the same time!

It kind of does. Each time you recollect something you change the memory of the event (this is also mentioned in the article). Repeated recollection can have varied effects from (simplified) "I don't recall the original event, I recall the last time I thought of it" all the way up to creating false memories. I think there's been quite a bit of research on how this relates to interrogation techniques and the reliability of eyewitness testimony.
Cloudflare issues are affecting Ably's websites, service running normally
> Where on earth do you get the idea that static typing lets you cut the code coverage to a fraction? I am going to need specific examples to believe this claim.

I don't know how I can give a "specific example" when the example is effectively my whole programming career (most of which was proprietary codebases). But it matches my experience: code with static types and a fraction of as many tests ends up with fewer production bugs than code with substantial test coverage in a dynamic language.

Think about how much of your code contains actual business logic rather than just plumbing, and imagine never having to test the plumbing parts, only the actual logic. For most functions there's only one possible thing for that function to do, the type tells you that it does that thing, so there's no need for a test. E.g. a (parametric) function that takes a set and returns a sorted list can only ever sort that set or return an empty sorted list, so the only thing you need to test is that the returned sorted list is non-empty.

https://spin.atomicobject.com/2014/12/09/typed-language-tdd-... gives some examples (in Java - deliberately using a language where types are very inefficient to show that they're effective even then).
I'm not proposing anything. But I suppose churches are existence-proof of a thing which isn't a company. It's notable we're now in a time where that's something which requires an existence proof.

Incidentally... "things that make currency shouldn't be companies" is not necessarily a rare or new idea.
Does anyone know which global sites were or still are unavailable because of Cloudflare crash? Maybe some media sites?
There are some additional, very detailed benchmarks available here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333973011_Raspberry...
I didn't increase it, because I didn't know the transaction amount. I just set it to "off", which was the default. I also did this on a few of my cards, since I didn't know which card was hitting the limit.
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Yes it was, I was one of those folks who did that. I had a PSP when I was in college and couldn't afford a smartphone/smartphone plan(2007-2009, this was before unlimited calls/texts, and data was obscenely expensive), but the college was blanketed in WiFi so I could use my PSP essentially as a smartphone to browse the internet, listen to music, play games, etc. The PSP could also play PS1 games (natively IIRC), so I was able to play a bunch of PS1 games on the go too.

I sold it off when I got a smartphone, but I do miss that PSP from time to time.
I’m pretty sure 1.1.1.1 for dns is impacted by this. Initially I thought my WiFi was having issues this morning until I realized it must be dns switching 1.1.1.1 out and besides the cloudflare sites everything is normal again
You might have thought they'd care about their own kids and grandkids, but here we are.
You are using SMHI (The Meteorological service) definition of winter which is

> the daily average temperature is at most 0 degrees Celsius at least 5 days in a row

This doesn't work for the international reader, in many countries the temperatures in the winter never goes below zero
At 3-4 major leaks per year it seems like we should probably fix BGP one of these days...
> It seems like terrible UX to not allow/require individual approve/reject on transactions that triggered the limit.

This would have been a massive improvement, agreed. Maybe they have to make a call within a few seconds and can't ask your permission first, though, so maybe that's not possible.

Still, the notification could have shown "Your transaction to MERCHANT for AMOUNT on CARD was declined because of your limit". That would have avoided this whole disaster.
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While we should definitely be helping these communities to transition as smoothly as possible, this concern strikes me as somewhat hypocritical in the country built on Manifest Destiny and sacking/building highways through non-white neighborhoods. I think, in the back of their minds, people realize this; they're fighting so hard because they know that they're on the side that generally gets steamrolled over.
This is the case with most modern companies which have outside investors. In contrast, employee-owned companies seem much more ethical and caring toward their customers.
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pt2malloc is only maintained by glibc, but not really. Since they cannot maintain it, they want to get rid of it. The upstream maintainer released a better version pt3malloc, which glibc refused to adopt. It needs one more word per alloc.
Yeah, same. Sometimes I needed to force-close, sometimes it wouldn't even show my balance, etc. It doesn't do this too often, but often enough.
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That just...doesn't seem like that much? There are individual disused mines where more earth than that has been removed. Put all that plastic back into one of those mines, and solve 70 years worth of your landfill problem.
We can make plastics from other raw materials, plants included. Interestingly, bioplastics can be mfg with CO2.
May I remind you that you are not addressing a single point of those I made?

I asked what's the big deal that V's author promised and under-delivered.
Purely thinking out loud, Taiwan doesn't need submarines to deny use of the Taiwan Strait to PRC's surface fleet. Minefields can do the job over a much wider area and much more cheaply. Modern mines can sit passively for extended periods of time and the expensive ones effectively are torpedo launchers.

They also have a stock of land-launched (and truck-launched) anti-ship missiles, the range of which exceeds the width of the Strait. The "only" issue there comes in lighting up the incoming PRC vessels to direct the missiles at them, but that's a different problem of detection.
not very safe for some users.
You've been able to find properties to rent through craigslist since the beginning of the internet. Airbnb is not a new concept, but it's a revolutionizing UX.
They require a passport photo. The anti-laundering part is in the requirements for proof of income, but only for significant amounts in the account or transactioned. For a couple of hundred euro per month they don't ask that.
1042 UTC First alert of global traffic problem
1057 UTC Internal group chat room up and running
1102 UTC Status page updated

So, first alert to status page was 20 minutes.
Because Revolut dones't want to have to manage FACTA and other US extraterritorial laws. Here is Switzerland having a US passport is a good reason to be banished from your physical bank very quickly. US passport holders are seen as a liability and not as a customer. That's also one of the reason that make renouncement of US citizenship quite popular in Switzerland if you have dual citizenship.
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With respect to engine failure at takeoff, low altitude begins at the point where, if the engine fails, you will not be able complete a landing on a runway (or overrun area, if there is one.) With respect to my original question, if the remaining engines give sufficient performance, using a parachute would not be the standard response even if you had the height and speed for it to work.
I wonder if you could drop a few nuclear bombs of small yields to encourage surrender? Obviously its been done in history, but while it might work, the fallout could drift back to China and the political fallout might make the whole thing backfire.
Same here, but I have recently changed to Revolut for transfers abroad since even for very large transfers the TransferWise “fee” (exchange rate plus transfer fee) is at about 1.4%, while Revolut is at about 0.4% if you withdraw cash from an ATM. This is if your end goal is to get cash on the other end, rather than services where Revolut would have an even sharper edge. If someone has another viable alternative I am all ears as I am hardly enamoured by Revolut’s app and behaviour.
Missing from most environmental conversation is how much you can improve your life avoiding polluting things. What you replace packaged food, flying, and such with is fresh fruits and vegetables and local community. You learn that while one flight will bring you closer to a distant loved one, flying in general is what led to your "community" living where you can't see each other.

When I point out that you, the reader, can make a difference, this community usually responds that you can't, that only government action will make a difference or something like that. That's where government action comes from. Besides, if it improves your life, you personally benefit from reducing your consumption anyway.

The article's most important point I saw was that recycling hasn't shown to reduce production of virgin material. Without reducing production, reusing and recycling only shuffle plastic around. Burning it creates dioxin and other pollution. My podcast episode 183 describes how reusing and recycling are only tactical. Reduction is strategic http://joshuaspodek.com/guests/rants-raves-monologues-volume....

However snarky and cynical people here can be -- I'm sure they consider themselves practical and realist -- if avoiding buying plastic will improve your life and reduce demand, why not do it anyway. Besides it will lead others to change and can lead to politicians realizing voters want regulation. Legislators and heads of companies are people too and will change when people around them do, which is you and me.
No physical presence is required to meet those standards; online-only banks have existed for absolutely ages. The Monzo process for example involved a picture of your passport and a short video.
I’ve been happy with TransferWise for years as well. Their support is decent, and their products/services are some of the best available.
> My disagreement is towards the wording of the part where one may assume a memory is being forever altered or modified and I don’t think that’s how our brains handles storage.

The majority of cognitive neuroscience disagrees with you. Doesn't mean that you're necessarily wrong but you'll need to make some really good points for your argument to be taken seriously.
N26 have been pretty solid for me and they have a number I can call if I need something. N26 is where I keep my money and Revolut is what I use for day-to-day stuff, but I still had enough money that the fraudster managed to steal 1k :/

I have switched to N26 now.
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"You do not add years to your youth, you add years to your old age" - can't remember where I've read this but it struck me a lot. And worrying about your age when you'll die is not living your life to the fullest
I find it weird they accused you of lying, considering every time I purchase airline tickets the bank receives the full ticket information including the PNR (name information and ticket number) for the issued ticket.

For fraudsters wouldn’t that be a huge risk ordering tickets in your own name? Or is there another dimension I’m missing here?
There is a simple yardstick that made me stay far, far away from Revolut: they deal with bitcoin. I will never trust a single cent of my money on such a company. So far the conduct of Bitcoin exchanges didn't impart the impression of responsible companies. Oftentimes you have downright conmen running them. This is not to say Revolut is cooking the books but touching bitcoin by a fiscal company carries a stench, one that I don't want close to my money.
> It's just not in their interest because $$$.

Meh, I'd call that negligence. They're knowingly allowing harm to come to others, through putting in a token effort (CYA style) rather than instituting meaningful change.

And it's their marketplace, so they get to set the rules, and they have significant resources if they actually wanted to engage.
A different house from SVT's (Swedish national public television) series called Husdrömmar (House Dreams):

https://www.svtplay.se/video/12590440/husdrommar/husdrommar-...
thanks, you are right, I have edited my original response (which itself is quite confusing now) - the Revolut state of regulation quiet confusing - better to stick with Monzo in UK/N26 in EU.
In theory, yes (but quality varies a lot on them). The point is that adding a proper eMMC would have made the device a lot more "production ready".
The death toll in India only, from heat waves only, in recent years is in the thousands. This is an illustration that the "rising ramp" fable would be more realistic if the ramp itself was of varying height.

Some parts of the earth are expected to become more inhabitable with extra 1-2 °C. India is not one of them.
> would you still do it?

Between "do it" and "don't do it"? Well obviously no. But compared to getting thrown in jail? Obviously it's better?
The Taiwanese are more aware of the treatment of religious, political and ethnic minorities in China than the average Westerner. Even if they had a strong feeling of being Chinese, why would they settle for conquest by people who do not care about them and want the destruction of their system of government and way of life?

The only part of Canada that’s more than vaguely foreign to the US is Quebec and Canada hasn’t petitioned for US annexation. No part of Switzerland has ever shown any enthusiasm for joining those who speak their language in the neighbouring states. Why would a people with 70 years and growing of independence agree to annexation except under threat of death?

Economics is just not that important when it comes to national feeling. Ireland lost massive subsidies from England to be independent. The U.K. will not come off better economically from leaving the EU. Most every nation in Africa suffered economically for decades after decolonisation rather than having things get better. People value pride enormously.
I already filed a complaint with them, but apparently Revolut can just refuse to reply and that's that. They also told me as much, they said I have to file a formal complaint with them first. They said something like "we will refuse to process any other complaint until the formal complaint process is complete", but since they're judge, jury and executioner on this, I don't have much faith.
I wonder why they don't price the 4GB model at $50. And get rid of the 2GB Model.

I know they are a Charity, but the pricing structure seems odd, would it be the case the 2GB and 4GB and making some money and 1GB being a loss leader?

I wonder how much is the actual BOM Cost for the $35 model.

And in terms of VideoCore, how does it compare to other commercial GPU like Adreno and Mali?
you are positing that an extended amortal life is at the expense of someone elses' birth.

But why should it be?

If we're talking SF, we might as well agree on a method to handle that, e.g. force people to go off-planet at some age and make room for new people. The universe is big enough.

(I meant to write a novella on this for a long time :)
It’s definitely all countries, just for a specific range of anycast IPs.

Our CloudFlare stuff isn’t even pingable. Sometimes it’ll return an echo from a far away DC.

It’s been like this for over an hour now and your status page doesn’t even acknowledge it apart from “Network performance issues”.
Gazprom ties, AML system randomly going offline, regulated by Lithuania...this looks more like a money-laundering scheme than a bank.
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For this use case a good copying collector would be best. Beats any malloc by miles.
It was updated a few minutes ago confirming that it's a route leak.
The PostgresQL manual recommends using text over char or varchar unconditionally. I think that taking it straight from the source is the best approach here.
> evidence...

It seems so obvious to anyone in touch with Taiwanese society it didn't occur to me the need to provide it, my mistake.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/05/28/20...

Identifying as a Taiwanese only does NOT equal support for independence, by the way. Things are not that simple.

And beyond issues of identity, the vast majority of Taiwanese, however they identify themselves, overwhelmingly support the 'status quo', meaning no declaration of independence, no reunification. No one wants war, which seems assured with either of those two options.

Edit : Just seeing now that the article claims 51% for independence, but that can't be right, maybe a typo, both independence and reunification are always on the extremes, shifting anywhere from 10 to 25%, and status quo is consistently the preferred option by far.
Was there any useful content on Sybase, searchable via Yahoo, in 1998?
The problem isn't the volume. It's the distribution.

Some of it is in your bloodstream. And your children's, messing with your and their endocrine systems, among other problems. Some of it is in the bellies animals around the world. How do you plan to get it?

We can't beat the laws of thermodynamics. The stuff is out there and dispersing more.
this is scary - I am sure you can take them to small claims court for this if you are in UK as they are refusing to engage via the ombudsman.
The funny thing is that it's only today that EVs have to be long-range. Probably in a few decades' time there will be charging stations everywhere so you wouldn't mind having a much shorter range.

I know some people drive across the wilderness, but I personally almost never drive anywhere that isn't within a hundred metres of mains electricity. How hard would it be to add a metered tap everywhere where someone might need it?

(OK, speed of charging might still be a problem.)
From what I understand the US tuition fees are significantly higher than what the Nordic countries spend per student at colleges. Making all US schools free would likely incur much larger costs than they do in the Nordic nations. Welfare is also a part of the free education promise in the Nordic countries as students are paid a monthly student allowance for studying.

Imagine asking the tax payers to pay students' Ivy League education tuition fees. Tax raises would be unavoidable.
don't use their insurance.
Recently I was in Istanbul and the insurance didn't activate.
Their app did not register me as in Turkey.
All permissions were ok, Google Maps worked and I purchased a cappuccino with the Revolut physical card in Istanbul.
Still, according to them I was not in Istanbul and there was some problem on my end.

So, I was uninsured.
Imagine if this happens when you are in the US and you get sick.
This is serious stuff, it's just too risky to let them play with it.
When I started programming, I tried to get functions below one screen height, have one return and use mutations often.

Today, I try to do big functions, multiple returns and const where I can. I still use code-blocks sometimes to scope variables.

I sometimes end up with a few hundred lines of code per function, but I can usally scroll over it and find what I need without jumping around.

Especially in JavaScript the addition of const and async/await helped much with this.
What's weird is that 8.8.8.8 is also intermittently down for me. Are other people having issues with Google DNS too?

https://i.imgur.com/3ySmVLW.png
> No phone number should be a dealbreaker for banking. 99% of the time, you don’t want to talk to a banker. But that 1% of the time can make or break you for months or years.

To be fair, even having a phone number may not help. I spent four months at the beginning of the year trying to get HSBC to close a business account. When visiting the branch I was told I needed to phone head office as they deal with business accounts. After speaking to first line customer support I was told many times "someone will call you back" but nobody did.

Eventually they closed it, but I never received a refund for the account charges between when I requested the closure and it actually being closed, which I was promised.
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> since they're judge, jury and executioner on this

They’re not. It sounds like Revolut is regulated in Lithuania; complain to them [1]. I’d also light up your own country’s national financial regulator.

(If you can find nexus with the U.K., they’re a good one to get involved [2], too.)

[1] https://www.lb.lt/en/sfi-disputes-between-consumers-and-fina...

[2] http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/
That’s how it used to be. In recent years signaling (one way or the other) has become a part of marketing or even corporate identity. I hope this genie doesn’t resist going back in some day.