skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If the DoD makes it a requirement that a new service provider can take ownership of the physical facility and it’s contents, a new provider could most certainly assume responsibility for the cloud system. It’s a contractual issue, not a technical issue, no different than China requiring AWS’ China data center region be operated by a Chinese company versus AWS proper.
Amazon Music Unlimited Is Growing Faster Than Apple Music or Spotify
There is risk in any investment.

I bet that for the next 10 years, the price of energy will continue to sky rocket.

https://russell.ballestrini.net/fulfilling-childhood-dreams-...
So I'm guessing this applies to all nicotine/tobacco products?

Oh, only the new, healthier ones? Gotcha.

Heaven forbid letting adults make decisions for themselves when it comes to their own bodies. Liberals scream bloody murder when it comes to marijuana or abortion, but as soon as a nicotine product is on the line, they are all about prohibition to save the children.
I keep thinking of this piece:

https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-informati...
Well, moderation is guesswork and sometimes we guess wrong. Since you say your intent was to simply ask, I believe you. But it didn't read that way to me, which means it probably didn't to some others too.

FWIW, the part that tipped me into thinking you were being aggressive was "whatever this is trying to say". That is the kind of thing people put into questions as a snarky swipe about someone being incoherent. Also, "do you have a citation to a source using precise standard science terminology" has a tinge of the same thing, since asking so bluntly and immediately for a citation is a way of not asking the commenter to explain what they meant themselves. Again, this is the sort of thing people do in internet comments when they're being haughty and dismissing the other person as ignorant. Especially a certain kind of technical haughtiness gets expressed this way.

There's nothing wrong with asking for a citation, of course, but since it has become a sort of putdown trope, one's question should include enough information to convey intent. And in normal conversation one would typically ask the other person to explain what they were saying first.
This is great news. I thought Inform 7 had a built-in expert system. Does anyone know for sure ?
The machinery being critiqued is not the same thing as an individual asking for special treatments.

If most instances of a place growing desirable because human(vs financial) investment results in said place being overrun by an influx of wealth disparity that eventually restructures the space into a corporate-safe shell of its former self then there will be a chilling effect that stops the former from happening. You can show up to a place and not immediately outbid all your neighbors for the most desirable spots. Having wealth is not the same as exercising wealth.

Nor is gentrification a single instance, its the accepted mechanism that those with more wealth employee to claim the non-tangible identities created by those with less. It's the emergent result of this socialized desire for something "cool and authentic"(whatever that nonsense means) buckled up with tools afforded by a normalization of conspicuous consumption.

We are eroding the individual identities of American cities, the people who are being displaced do lose something more than the opportunity to live in a geographic location, and pretending it's inevitable/"just how things are" will eventually result in a nationwide reduction in non-financial investing in cities. It stinks for everyone, even those doing the gentrifying. Where will one move too when all the cool places are gone?

I know I sound like Jimmy Carter telling everyone to wear a cardigan and turn the heater down, but we all just need to learn to let things be. Even if they are exciting, especially if they are exciting.
>The nicotine in eliquid is the same as that used in pharmaceutical NRT. It is extracted from a member of the tobacco family but not the same plant as used for smoking tobacco as that has much less nicotine in the leaves than the rustica type of tobacco plant.

https://www.quora.com/Where-does-the-nicotine-used-in-electr...
Of course their stock went up, stockholders continue to be shocked at just how little backlash there is from the US Government.

Sometimes I think we forget how greedy people become in our country, and how that perpetuates inadequate justice in cases such as this or the many bank-related catastrophes in the past few years.
> consumer prices are a flat rate, 24/7

This is false.

Source: I'm a California resident; it's not true here.
If there's market demand for it, nicotine synthesis will probably get cheaper: https://www.wired.com/2016/06/vaping-industry-wants-go-post-...

It's dubious that nicotine itself is bad for you: https://www.gwern.net/Nicotine
You definitely need to be an active rider to ride these safely.
That quote directly says the loss of reactor power was part of the chain of events leading to a sinking.

Sure it did not blow up, but that does not mean the reactor was safe to use as a critical piece of equipment. Loss of power is a huge deal and the reactor being unable to recover in that situation is a major design flaw.
I'm disappointed to hear Tapiriik isn't working with Garmin Connect! Is there somebody at Garmin I can yell at? I loved having my data backed up.
For all intents and purposes it is a renewable resource. Breeder reactors allow us to utilize our fissible materials for an absurd amount of time.
The fact that as a total percentage of the cost of generating the power Uranium is cheap as heck. All of these complex alternative fuel plans are solving a problem that doesn't currently exist.

If we went all in with fission we still have thousands of years before it's an issue, by which point we'll probably have figured out some even better alternatives.
That whole article is basically saying that those extra checks are useless anyway in correctly written code, as otherwise it would be code that can be tested and reached:

On the other hand, in code that does check for and attempts to handle errors reported by the APIs, the new error handling paths tend to be poorly tested (if at all) because the runtime-constraint violation can typically be triggered only once, the first time it is found and before it's fixed. After the flaw is removed, the handling code can no longer be tested and, as the code evolves, can become a source of defects in the program.
Expensive regulation usually benefits the organizations that can afford it to the detriment of those that can't. Regulation is certainly a two edge sword in this regard. I'm left to wonder if this is an intended or unintended consequence.

A British study recently came out finding eCigarettes 95% less harmful than cigarettes.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/28/vaping-is-95...
Great job on the sobriety. I never had an issue with alcohol and virtually never drink it, but I struggle with sugary foods, so I think I get the challenge, in principle. Awesome job on the development stuff as well.

I'm doing good. I finally wrapped up a project (the second edition of my book) which allows me to take on new projects that excite me.

I have some challenges to overcome but I'm pretty optimistic about the future. And yeah, I too struggle with sleep (I average 6.5 hrs). I find the Apple Watch app SleepWatch quite useful and of course diet and exercise help with sleep as well.
It's possible that they are calling the functions, but passing incorrect length arguments so frequently that they are best ignored.
I disagree with this, I think high cost of living has a lot to do with people's inability to take care of themselves. Drugs aren't necessarily the avenue people take to become homeless, but when you do become homeless your peers become people who generally do use drugs.
Return Path has a certification service that certain providers use as a signal to the “legitimacy” of the sender (don’t know if that was the best phrasing...).

https://returnpath.com/solutions/email-deliverability-optimi...
I did call them. They said they would be able to lower the rate from 2.5x the insurance rate (which is what they billed me for) to 1.7x.

I was all set to settle my bill actually, but the woman in billing (at the doctor's office) urged me to not give up and file another appeal. Apparently even she agrees that this is bullshit.

The whole experience has been surreal.
I'd be curious to see the total number of bugs ever found in this code; I suspect it's going to have a far lower defect density than any other JS engine, especially the ones in the big browsers.
Overall I think these are very thoughtful, and I upvoted your comment.

However, I don't think this question is very fruitful:

> let's pretend Cloudflare just got knocked out globally by a wizard spell, what do we do?

The way you solve a production issue is you identify its cause and then contain, mitigate, or fix it. I don't think you'd learn anything useful from a drill where there's no specific cause.

Perhaps along similar lines to what you're thinking of, something I could see being useful is to look at components that you've already thought to implement a 'global kill' for, like WAF, for instance. Maybe you could run drills where every machine running WAF starts blackholing packets, or maxing out RAM, or (as happened here) maxing out CPU, the kind of thing where you'd want to execute the 'global kill' in the first place. That way, you can ensure that the 'global kill' switches are actually useful in practice. Something like that seems more grounded to me, making the assumption that something specific is going wrong and not just "magic", while still avoiding too-specific assumptions about what can and can't go wrong.
Don’t be such a pessimist. There’s nothing “quasi” about it.
They voted against it because they wanted a less lenient settlement.
A family members home was broken into, we checked the routers DHCP logs to determine what phones connected that day.

We were able to determine the person AND the time it happened since an IP is only held on for 24 hours before being released. The person ended up being a friend that had connected to the WiFi in the past! (Yes, that friendship is very over.)

It was a real life CSI moment, and yes, criminals are generally oblivious to their phone identifying them! Good thing for my family member!
From the article:
>Problems with Molten Salt Reactors...
>...but similar problems may show up in long-lived power reactors.

Author assumes that MSR components should last as long as vessels and secondary heat exchangers of solid-fuel reactors. The author should understand that vessel and primary heat exchanger of a fluid-fuel reactor is anologus to fuel rods. Solid fuel reactors just dispose primary heat exchangers or fuel rods every few years.
Example: Zircolloy tubes worth a MSR vessel + heat exchanger is just disposed along with partially fissioned degraded solid fuel every 4.5 years in a LWR. Zircolloy (Hafnium separated nuclear grade zirconium + additives) is more expensive than commercially available nickel based alloys.

Graphite is a solid with a crystal structure. Crystal structure degradation under radiation is permanent and there is nothing anyone can do to reverse it. Solar panels degrade similarly. Nuclear industry handles solid-fuel rods which are far more radioactive than MSR graphite and complains that it can't handle MSR graphite. Just shows that either industry is incompetent or it is not interested in efficient fluid-fuel reactors. Does nuclear industry aims >1000 GW of nuclear capacity? Does nuclear industry care to solve global energy related issues? Efficiency really matters when we have >1000 GW of installed nuclear capacity. If all energy is obtained from nuclear, (12000-16000 GW) even seawater uranium get used up in 40-60 years with inefficient solid-fuel reactors.
Tobacco is an "agricultural product" if I recall correctly. It's allowed, in part, because it predates the United States. On the other hand, e-cigs to me (IANAL) are a "drug delivery system". I've always been curious about how they were allowed even to get started - let alone turn into a 7 billion dollar market.
You can't in SF. Anything new would be under 1000'.

I know of some in the 1500' range, which is huge, on the peninsula, but I'm not telling anybody.
I know you are a gigantic egomaniac and I'm wasting my time writing this, but if you could ever repress your inflated sense of (mis)justice for two seconds, you might notice that the poster actually asked a perfectly valid question.

With the context presented so far (zero, for those keeping score at home), there's no reason to assume that the poster is dismissive of the project being discussed.

Why IS Mirth needed, when we can improve other languages? This is actually a perfect segue for proponents of Mirth to explain the niche the language occupies and it's pros and cons for users/engineers.

Thanks for making HN cancer, dang. Honestly, you're jumping up random asses on the internet that you'll never meet nor matter to is why the quality of discussion on HN has reached the trough it seems comfortably rested in. But hey. You posted the guidelines. You're a hero.
The cost for generating electricity is much cheaper at utility scale, but electrical generation costs are only a part of what it costs to provide electrical service. A similarly large cost goes to electricity distribution. By generating where it's used, the electrical distribution system is less taxes (provided it doesn't have to absorb a lot of surplus electricity). So to a certain extent, rooftop generation still makes sense as an efficient allocation of resources.
Bombshell: YouTube Now Crushing Independent News, Pushing Corporate News
No it's not. Being creepy and not building up a proper rapport is going to be harassment. Trying to use your status as leverage is harassment. Unsolicited comments or blowing up on someone after a rejection are harassment.
The “New Energy Economy”: An Exercise in Magical Thinking
Because there definitely isn't any other way to consume marijuana other than smoking it.
Not every TCP server speaks CSRF.

This isn't about 'garbage software'; it's about the expectation that a local LAN is not exposed to the Internet and therefore does not need the same security controls that an Internet-facing network does.

Browsers making requests on the LAN breaks this expectation.

Before someone says "but I don't expect that", well, why do you even have a firewall? With the notable exception of Google/BeyondCorp, practically every LAN in the world expects to trust its members. Having untrusted code in browsers able to send requests on the LAN violates that expectation.
Make bitbucket Pull requests from the comfort of command line
That's the high-level version, but here's the detailed version.

If you look at a VTA (local bus) map, it's oriented around the Lockheed campus (plus Yahoo, Marvell and Juniper.) That's because Lockheed told the VTA to do that.

25 years later, when Google approached the VTA, the VTA said no. Hence the private buses with wifi.

Since Google is buying all of Mountain View's office space, they would really need to reroute the entire VTA now.
It doesn't appear that TADS 3 is open source, no, just closed-source freeware. I can't find any reference to either source code availability or license information.
Relive aren't the only ones in this game. We at https://ayvri.com create interactive 3d videos, and you can connect your Strava account.

Unlike most in this thread, I believe the argument from Strava is valid. Relive built their brand, app, and community of users on top of Strava, they now are usurping those users and have re-created a complete app ecosystem which mimics much of what Strava already provide.

In my personal opinion, the world doesn't need another fitness tracking app or community. There are so many out there already. What we, and to a lesser degree Relive, provide can be so much more.

Though we look like a sports tracking app, because that is a large volume of our usage, we also have business in commercial drone operations, wild life research, city planning and more.

I'm from Whistler, Canada, so I love outdoor sports, but that doesn't mean that every feature should become a fitness tracking app.
> Efficiency really matters when we have >1000 GW of installed nuclear capacity. If all energy is obtained from nuclear, (12000-16000 GW) even seawater uranium get used up in 40-60 years with inefficient solid-fuel reactors.

That can't be right. About 200 tonnes of natural uranium is needed to produce 1 GWe per year in conventional reactors [1]. That's 3,200,000 tonnes per year if you mean 16000 GW in the form of electricity, or closer to 1 million tonnes per year if you're referring to primary (thermal) energy. Seawater contains about 4.5 billion tonnes of uranium [2]. That's well over a thousand years' worth of uranium, either way.

[1] https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fu...

[2] http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2012/ph241/ferguson2/
Douglass Engelbart rolls over in his grave.
How would you express the sentiment:

“This statement seems incoherent based on what I know about the subject. To be charitable, this implies that it means something different than my interpretation, but was rendered confusing when simplified or expressed using terms pitched at laypeople. Could you please explain it using expert-targeted terminology or provide a citation to someone who does, so I can evaluate the claim on its merits instead of dismissing it as nonsense?”

In a concise but friendly/productive way?
UBI would likely go much further living in the country than a major city. Cost of living adjustments are possible, but seem like a terrible idea.

I don’t think you need to be constantly talking with an elderly parent for regular visits to be beneficial. A short chat, taking care of a few minor issues, and watching a movie together can make a real quality of life difference. It also demonstrates you still care.
You are right with the OpenCL vs Metal thing. OpenCL is supported in VectorStyler (see Preferences - Performance section). But running on a Mac (for now), requires Metal, as Apple deprecated OpenCL. OpenCL is still there, but performance on Macs is way better with Metal (this might be intentional from Apple).

OpenCL also had some Mac driver issues with some 2014 NVidia iMacs, which actually caused problems. So for now I have Metal support, and OpenCL is still there but not as good as Metal on Macs.

As for CUDA, most iMacs are with AMD at this time, and Metal still serves good both NVidia and AMD on Macs of course. Of course Metal is far from perfect, but as a small dev, Apple kind of puts you into a corner with that one.

Thinking outside of Macs (Windows and Linux), I would like OpenCL to be the choice, as it is already implemented in VectorStyler, but as I said, I don't know how much extra steps would require from the user (installing drivers, etc). CUDA is a great choice, outside of Macs, and it might be part of a Windows port.
Do you mean the Roman Empire, rather than the HRE?
The problem is that a deterministic regex engine (deterministic finite automata or DFA) is strictly less powerful than a non-deterministic one (NFA). DFA's can't backtrack, for example. In addition, DFA's can be quite a bit slower for certain inputs and matches.
In this case, the hardware gets altered over time due to throughputs in the energy generating system, so isolating system failures such than you can conclusively state "it's a defect in the hardware that originated in the design and manufacture" is quite tricky, especially given the long life and myriad use cases of the hardware in question.
Absolutely. But they are choosing not to prosecute many drug possession charges.

Singling out those two without any statistical explanation of why those drugs are more problematic than any others is shock journalism trash.
> but that’s only if the energy prices don’t fall.

You also need to consider what happens if prices keep rising, because if that happens the investment is paid back sooner.

I can only speak for what I see happening here in Australia.

Energy prices in Australia have been rising rapidly for a very long time and for several reason and don't look like falling any time soon.

From here: https://finance.nine.com.au/personal-finance/residential-ene...

Residential prices increased 63 per cent since 2007 and the average household bill was about $1524 plus GST.

It is this very sharp rise in electricity price that has driven the boom in rooftop solar here in Australia.

At those prices rooftop becomes very attractive.
As someone who lost 80 pounds cutting out junk food, sugar, and carb heavy foods while watching my older brother continue to struggle with his weight and accompanying health issues, I heartily agree.
It's always 5 years out until it isn't! :)
I am wondering why you are being downvoted. This outage could have been prevented with better deployment procedures too.

For example my company (nowhere near the scale of Cloudflare) does progressive deployments. New code is deployed only to a handful machines first, and then as the hours pass and checks remain green it propagates to the rest of the server fleet. Full deployment takes 24 hours. We never had code breaking changes in production in the past 3 years. And before that, us breaking things was the most common occurence for production issues. Of course that's not the only thing we do, good test practices, code reviews etc.

The second thing, is separation of monitoring and production. If production going down takes down the monitoring systems too, you will have a very hard time figuring out what's wrong. Cloudflare says "We had difficulty accessing our own systems because of the outage". That sounds very bad.

I 'd wager there are many wrong things at play here other than "regex is hard". But I guess HN loves cloudflare way too much to ask the hard questions.
Great advice! I actually got that book last night as I researched more. I’ll be looking into the Berkeley class as well!
> I don't mean to be negative, but we've been hearing fusion is 5 years out for how long?

Fusion is an amount of money away more than an amount of time.
Big Tobacco can't compete so they're just gonna force everyone back on cigarettes?
All I know was that I kept going back to smoking, even after quitting for a few years. I used e-cigs for 2 years, quit them 3 years ago and I have no interest in either anymore. As far as I am concerned, they are an essential tool to help people quit smoking.

I look forward to some real data on the topic though. I think some designs and chemicals (flavouring) in vaping cause harm and that with research, the risks can be mitigated.

That said, there is also a puritan no drug element to these "anti-tobacco" lobbies that have nothing to do with harm or risk, they are just the Calvinists of our day.
Prewar houses in cold climates are insulated just fine. It seems a lot of 1980s and 1990s structures in San Francisco basically cardboard boxes, because with mild weather you get away with it.
I think it's fair to say our expertise in Uranium cycle fuel came out of the fact it generates substantially more plutonium for nuclear weapons. This was a huge reason it was selected over Thorium initially. Now, it may just be momentum. I argue it's because back in the day, it didn't product Pu.
Edge Computing
Something is seriously wrong with our understanding of the cosmos
There are probably a lot of people at Facebook who work on things that are worth less than $5 billion. As a motivating factor in some manager or lawyer's PowerPoint presentation arguing for a new company initiative, it seems like this will be a pretty good argument?
It blows my mind that Google and Facebook have been demonized by the wider media as "surveillance capitalism" while Palantir, who for all intents and purposes is literally a surveillance tech giant, has largely escaped public consciousness and criticism.