skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The root problem is that some roads are weather dependent. We know where the rain and snow end up (weather radar). We just need a model based on drying/melting to know when the road exists again.
Maybe we'll get some Apple products that have features other than "Now 1% thinner"
How to Develop a 1D GAN from Scratch
If interested, the official press release from Apple is here: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/06/jony-ive-to-form-inde....
Reasons Developers Are Unproductive
Explosives are really dangerous to carry around. Go looking through the fates of ships lost in WWI and II (last time there was a fair amount of ship combat going on) and there's an awful lot of "several rounds hit but everything was basically fine, except then one hit the magazine, blowing the ship in two and sinking her", or a fire starting and doing something similar, or a smaller cache of explosives readied for immediate use in a gun blowing up and causing massive damage, or whatever.

Not sure if that's the reason, but it's probably a reason.
It's in the title and mentioned all the way through the article read first..
Gas pressure just can't linearly accelerate something as efficiently as magnetic force can. You can get so much more velocity for the same barrel diameter instead of scaling barrel diameter and thickness because you have thrust being added through the whole length of the barrel instead of gas pressure being used to propel a slug at the end and then dissipating.
How to speak Silicon Valley: 53 essential tech-bro terms explained
Screen, if it's the connection session itself. Tmux if you're new-school.

Task-splitting itself is inherently recoverable, as incomplete work units don't produce the final output you're looking for, and can. be retried, re-run, or re-entered into the task pool.

A GUI quite frankly simply gets in the way.
Its not actually safari, but it is webkit.

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

> Unlike Firefox on Android, Firefox for iOS does not support browser add-ons. Additionally, it uses Apple's Webkit rendering engine, rather than Mozilla's Gecko.
High power lasers aren't easy at all to create and point. A bomb or gun is much easier.
Ye, maybe I should have written enclosed open flame. I meant some sort of protected open flame heating a tube of water. Is burner the correct term?

Having a auxiliary diesel burner with water as medium is standard practice in the area. The buses have so large windows that the heating power is quite ridiculous. Maybe EV-buses need smaller windows? I tried to figure out how the buses and the article are heated and another article states electricity and oil burner when it's quite cold. (https://www.jamtkraft.se/om-jamtkraft/nyhetsrum/stadsbussar-...)

I don't think it's reasonable to heat them only with electricity in that climate. Maybe a wood pellet burner could be used if one is made for automotive use? I wonder if the pellets would bounce around too much ... probably only good enough in rural areas where there would be no smog problems.

The specification demands on heating oil is lower, so you could make it from only tall oil (tree oil). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_oil
AWS Glue/Athena/Redshift outage
Age is a protected class, how is anything else there illegal?
Not surprising that he jumped to that conclusion, considering the response they've gotten from the Mastodon community. Not only are people lobbying apps to hardcode bans to entire domains that aren't even live, they're planning to lobby app stores to pressure apps that refuse to implement those bans.
Jony Ive leaving Apple after nearly 30 years
Interesting, but not for me. $30/month isn't a big deal at all for someone (not just rich VCs) that have to deal with volumes of email, but that ain't me. My Xero costs $30/month, and that's worth it, to me, because ROI.
Stock is down 1% after hours. Will be interesting to watch it tomorrow.
Don't advertisers need to be able to run JavaScript on the page to ensure the page hit was actually seen by a user? Otherwise, I could HTTP GET "foo.png" all day. The advertiser could be paying big dollars, and the website serving the ad could tell the ad company "yeah, we showed foo.png 10,000" times without having a way to verify it.
I am always interested in the back story.

And to understand the back story you have to listen to the founder/CEO speak. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulvohra/

He's very charismatic - has a fabulous radio voice and when he speaks you feel like you need to listen. He does alot of podcasts and I get the impression he speaks to alot of the most influential people in Silicon Valley (conjecture). So lots of influential people are pulled into the orbit of what he talks about, which is Superhuman of course, and also the way he goes about business.

I'm not saying anything here except that I think highly charismatic leaders are able to generate a large amount of interest in what they are doing - they speak, people listen and want to hear more, and buy what they are selling. That's why if you pay much attention to the tech scene, you'll have heard about Superhuman from a number of sources in recent times, and you'll read articles like this one that are very positive. If you are highly charismatic then people want you to know you, be around you, hear you and give you what you want.

Paul Graham believes that the person who wins the U.S. election tends to be the most charismatic http://www.paulgraham.com/charisma.html and I think that's exactly true as well of getting funding, and generating buzz for your company/product.

Unfortunately if you're not born with the voice, the ability to listen or the X factor that gives you that charisma, then you're going to have to develop that success and interest some other way.

Of course it's not only about the founder charisma, the product must also be there - and if you've got both then you're probably, well, Superhuman.
That's a silly statement. Nearly every woman I know carries it in the back pocket of her jeans/pants. Some will also carry it in their purse when her clothes don't have usable pockets.
Wonder if this is related to the thing where Lyft spams people with phone notifications that are really just ads/promos, and then continuing to do it for multiple years.

https://twitter.com/asklyft/status/634509838358302722?lang=e...
The military and various intelligence agencies have done an extraordinary amount of research on ultra-long distance facial recognition, and it turns out that it requires gigantic, super expensive lenses from a long distance. This method is much easier.
I don't know a whole lot about this, but I seem to remember that there was one design decision, that, while not wrong, was different from the generation before, and that is that the airplane yokes were not mechanically coupled to one another. If they were mechanically coupled, the experienced pilot could have felt the other pilot pulling back on the controls, but what was happening was that the two pilots were pulling the controls in different directions AND the plane was averaging the control inputs and giving no feedback to the pilots that what each was doing was wildly inconsistent or contradictory.
There was no DRM put on the book, it was book-form only. Someone copied it, made a PDF of it, and distributed it for free. His royalties plummeted to almost nothing.
Probably trivial because they adopted the tech later and it was easier. The last to modernize, will be the most modern. The US rolls out new tech and charges for it, and at this point charges and fees have been there since the start and there is no reason to remove them. There are banks that will pay the fees, so effectively a free transfer, but it is up to the consumer to select these companies to do business with. It is the old voting with the wallet method.
To make a bigger explosion you need a bigger barrel and more powder charges.

Eventually you hit a limit where you simply can’t create enough pressure to propel the projectile faster and not turn the barrel into a pipe bomb.

For the most part many guns have already hit their practical limit in this regard.

There is a good reason why battleships fell out of favor other than the US being the only blue water navy after WW2.

Those big guns are a bitch they are slow to reload and you can’t be anywhere near the muzzle including good couple 100 yards of the bow of the ship when those fire.

Also powder takes up space and weight, takes time to reload and it can explode when ignited.

Having a gun with parts that don’t explode intrinsically when set on fire is a pretty big advantage for any combat vehicle or vessel, not needing to carry propellant for your rounds is also a huge plus because you can carry more rounds or other munitions and supplies.
I have to imagine that he's going to have the biggest non-solicitation clause ever in history.

He's partnering with Marc Newsom and others... who he's collaborated with heavily in the past for Apple Watch (and other one-off auction products, etc).

Jony's got to be tired of designing with the Apple aesthetic after all this time, and maybe wants to design a car or toaster again.
How does the undo feature work? Is there a timeout period that lapses and locks that functionality?
another interesting thing about black holes

gravity functor is very easy to communicate, it depends on an accumulator of mass, and it tends to stability, if the black hole is alone, it will be the mass of the black hole or is the black hole is eating matter, the mass of the black hole can be described as a wave function, just to be clear a wave function is any function which only domain is time (the independent variable)

while light needs to interact with a mass in a very complex way (reflection), if the inner system of a black hole is so unstable that the reflection cannot be collapsed to a wave function that will explain black holes

so if you believe me the functor that communicates the light will disappear, but the functor that communicate the gravity will be still there

can this mean that there is a system where the gravity functor is not stable?
Functional hair follicles grown from stem cells
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48382150/do-all-browsers...
It was in dead-tree format only.
Do you really consider everyone who voted for Trump "alt-right"? If that's the case does that mean all Republicans are "alt-right"?
That's what's great about GDPR. It makes privacy a fundamental right that can't be bargained away, much like you can't sign a contract binding you to slavery and you can't accept a bonus from your employer in exchange from losing your mandated breaks.
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Like many things in life, it depends.

I quite like type inference when it's clear from context what the type will be, e.g.:

var xs = new List<Int>();
for (var x in xs) { ... }

I'm pretty happy for it when the type "doesn't matter" because you don't do anything with the value except pass it elsewhere.

// Presumably refactored from processSomething(x, y, z, getSomething()) because the line got too long.
var something = getSomething();
processSomething(x, y, z, something);

And sometimes the type can be sufficiently unwieldy to name, most famously in C++ taking advantage of templates, but also can show up in other languages such as Haskell that encourage this behavior.

Finally there's this comment:

> A weaker argument I have heard is that you have less code to type with type inference!

I'd say that I agree with it as stated, but I'd hope the people making that argument are actually trying to say "it's less code to read/be distracted by". IMO omitting the "less important" type information draws the reader's attention to the ones you did write, which are presumably the more interesting parts of the code.

Having said all that, I think my brain is a bit quirky because even in languages like Python I automatically/internally infer all the types based on the names of variables and roughly how/where they're used as I read through. Maybe it's an experience thing (or maybe I don't work with bad/differently-thinking developers), but I find that my first or second guess is right 99% of the time.
All ebook sold in Poland are without DRM, You just pay and download epub+mobi+pdf versions and thats all. It's the only one working system...
I understand it as two slightly different meanings for the word 'free'.

In French we have separate words for (a) 'free' as something we don't pay for (gratuit) and (b) 'free' as your have the freedom to use it as you wish (libre).
>Diesel exhaust stinks, it's not particularly "toxic".

You might know your body well enough to be able to tell that it is not particularly toxic to you personally, but please consider the possibility others are more vulnerable it (because for example their bodies have more chronic inflammation than yours does).

The URL below goes to an article not about diesel exhaust or pollution, but about chronic inflammation, entitled "Understanding inflammation". Here is all the advice near the end of the article on how a reader might reduce inflammation. Emphasis mine.

>“Losing weight can have profound effects on lowering inflammation,” says Brown, who adds that eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and low in fats, processed foods, and sugars is generally a good idea, though more study needs to be done to determine how it might affect inflammation. Exercising, which causes an acute inflammatory response in the short term, but an anti-inflammatory one when we regularly get moving, is another strong step to take, he adds. Other researchers advise getting plenty of sleep, lowering stress levels, and seeking out treatment for inflammation-inducing culprits, such as gum disease and high cholesterol levels. Avoid contact with heavy metals such as mercury, which is found in dangerous amounts in some large fish, and limit exposure to substances, such as diesel exhaust and cigarette smoke, that can set off the immune system.

https://www.johnshopkinshealthreview.com/issues/spring-summe...
Space.

The propellant for a large shell takes up more space than the shell it fires, it's tremendously dangerous to have around from both accidents and enemy impacts.

Compared with a rail gun which is room full of exquisitely machined inert metal blocks.

Cost - Those inert machined metal blocks are cheap in a military if not absolute sense.
I love how this article cites Brad Frost's "Don't Get Clever with Login Forms"[1], yet at the same time advocates specifically for doing one of the "don'ts" listed in that cited article ("don't split login across multiple pages").

Reading through Twilio's article, I still don't see a satisfactory explanation why they did it this way instead of just presenting both fields plus a list of buttons for other authentication methods (like what they even acknowledged to be the norm, citing examples like Pinterest and Twitch). If you're trying to dynamically choose the authentication method by looking up some preference associated with the user's email address, then you are exhibiting the textbook definition of overthinking the problem.

If users want to login with Google/Facebook/Twitter/Microsoft/etc. credentials, provide a button for it and call it a day. Those login methods will automatically (in all likelihood) provide an email address for your app to tie to its internal "user" representation (though you might have to explicitly request that particular permission in the OAuth or SAML or whatever flow).

[1]: http://bradfrost.com/blog/post/dont-get-clever-with-login-fo...
Not really. Having reliable backups is 1) a legitimate interest for the data processor, and 2) possibly a part of the service in question (that's more generic and not really tied to Facebook).

The data processor needs to make sure old backups are deleted in a timely fashion, and also need to make sure that data that has been deleted will be deleted again, should the need to restore the data arise.
Yep, this is really a "why not both?" scenario.

Chemical propellant in first stage, electromagnetic acceleration in the second stage.

I'm curious if they want plasma projectiles explicitly, but I guess it's all kinetic at the end of the day.
man (1) paste

paste - merge lines of files
That isn't the alternative. The alternative is people get in debt with each other, which is what happened historically. People simply didn't spot trade with their neighbors. The spot trade is a property of state created markets.
Not the hardest. Bit less than Tungsten so pretty hard but far from hardest. It is used because it is really really dense and hard enough. Perfect for piercing armor.
I wrote a similar extension too! Looks like we all had the same idea

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-lookup...
I can't say that the sound of ICEs bothers me much. I can say that about police/ambulance sirens, tire screeches or random idiots shouting nonsense.
Johnny Five left apple?
Tiny flying insect robot has four wings and weighs under a gram
I still doubt _anyone_ really uses it because all the supposed users are over the top effervescent in its praise without saying anything about why, or what. No details. I actually did get an invite from a forum on Lowendtalk... followed the link, gave some info (no about an6 email accounts) and then I had to complete a questionnaire about my usage! Never had to do that for an app before, so I back out and pinged the ceo to remove me from their system. I don’t know. Seems off. Somehow.

After reading the article there is still a dearth of details other than saying users “experience joy”, and that it is fast. Nothing about what generates the joy, of what exactly is fast about it. Avoid!
>I fail to see how YouTube, Fornite, and Instagram users (to name a few) will want a smaller screen.

I can't comment on what those users want; I don't use any of those things on my phone. I'm not claiming that large phones will cease to exist; I'm guessing that there will be a new trend promoting smaller phones. Some folks will jump on the bandwagon, some will stick with their phablets. Apple in particular will probably make a big marketing push that tries to portray small phones as some kind of cutting-edge innovation.
Their registration page breaks if you enable Firefox's built-in tracking protection. :|
It's the end stops that have the roof charger. Traffic lights would probably be too short of a stop? Unless you have plenty of them on the route so you could afford some green lights without running out of battery.
Your comment reminded me of Reggie Watts’ TED talk where he impersonates an intellectual TED talk by stringing together random big words in a British accent.

https://youtu.be/BdHK_r9RXTc?t=55
unsure why you got downvoted I totally agree. Putin is not doing Snowden a favour just because he is pro freedom of information and leaks.
That's why you should never buy DRM-ed anything if you intend to keep it long term. Companies change, businesses get bought & sold, collapse, disappear - thinking that your particular DRM scheme would be supported for 20 years is insane. For a movie that you'll forget in the next 2 days it's ok, for a book that you intend on re-reading years late - no reason to "buy" DRM-ed version of anything. Or, at least, if you have no other options, strip DRM from it immediately and export into a common format.
I'm sorry, is this an article or a commercial?

I didn't see a single screenshot, or informative comment on the feature set, just a bunch of meaningless hype "if Gmail was built today it would be this."
Even if the face is covered?
Yeah, the browser project is quite nice... and it has more room to improve in terms of size/speed. While most of the Brave stuff is disabled, some is still compiled/linked in the build.
Yeah, I read the whole thing and have absolutely zero clue how the product is better. Was already wondering where this over the top admiration post was going, but I should have figured it would conclude with "so we bought (part of) them".

The TL;DR of this whole 1500-words post is "we think this will change everything about email, so we invested in it", and you wouldn't have missed out on any details.
Well, these OSS developers created... 53 different commenting systems: https://lisakov.com/projects/open-source-comments/

Learning a new programming language or database? let's write a commenting system! )))
These railguns also have synchronized pulsed power systems that are quite complex. The University of Texas has been researching this stuff for decades. Here's a simple paper I Googled up https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a639371.pdf
Most Apple mobile devices actually got thicker recently, including the latest iPhone.
I upgraded to the latest iphone XS this year after my iphone 7s had a cellular antenna failure which Apple would not fix even with my apple care plan. After about 4 months with this new phone I still prefer the older phone. I do not really notice better clarity or colors in this OLED screen and I miss the home button. Wouldn't mind that headphone jack back either. :) I also do not like the location of the "utility menu" now. I have to swipe down from the upper right-hand corner which is a big stretch for me, I often use 2 hands. This is an action I have to do often and I am not sure why apple moved it to that location. In the end, I will stay with this phone as I like the faster processor and more RAM but the design and execution seems to have been a step back. I've owned a 5s, 6s, 7s and Xs and I would choose the 4.7" as my preferred form factor.
I can’t speak to mainframes directly, but the greatest joy and the greatest learning I’ve experience have always seemed to come from legacy systems.

If you ever get to visit Seattle,
Paul Allen, before his death, set up something called “The Living Computer Museum” [1]. I think it was maybe $4 in admission, but you could literally sit down and program a working PDP 1 (via a teletype machine for both input and output), PDP 11, Xerox Alto, Windows 3.1, and spectacularly, a Cray 1 supercomputer.

[1] https://livingcomputers.org/
Escape from H-1B Hell: Things Immigrant Entrepreneurs Can Do to Hack O-1 Visas
The rules state no calls for violence.
that subreddit called for violence regularly.
Given that Twitter's removed tweets saying things like "go jump in a lake" (https://observer.com/2018/10/twitter-ban-adrian-benepe-donal...), stuff like https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/10212345256266096... seem pretty clear violations.
I wonder how this will affect Apple's product lines over the next decade. It seems like Ive had huge influence on most of their products. Who will take his place?
But this is not a physical book, so it is not a "unique" copy.

All of my e-books are entirely replaceable by buying them again from a different store (or as a physical book).
I'm confused about your comment, just was pleasantly surpised by testing this new Firefox Preview, that only one click was required to open a new tab:

1) Tap the tabs button

2) You're already on the new tab, so either

a) Search in the search bar: this opens your search results in this current new-tab (you can also type an address there and search see your recent history)

b) Click on one of the links saved in a "Collection": this opens in this new tab.
Thanks for the pointer! It seems... symmetrical(?) that if corporations can sell stock, they should be able to buy it back. It's not a whole lot different from a dividend in practice, it's just cash flowing from the corporation to the owners of the corporation. The commentary on that article about not investing back into the company isn't particularly convincing, to me anyway, just because there are lots of times that its better for anyone but the company to have the cash, especially if the company can't think of anything better to do with it than buy back their own stock. And it's not like the money disappears in a puff of smoke, presumably the shareholders reinvest the proceeds.

I'm sure my analysis is naive and missing something, but on first glance, this doesn't strike as a problem anywhere near as bad as insider trading.