skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> When I buy a newspaper at a store the guy behind the counter doesn't follow me three blocks to figure out how I drink my coffee at the coffeeshop, yet curiously enough this is how the internet works, everyhwere

But if you keep returning to the same news stand, he'll probably reach for the newspaper you like when he sees you coming. This is the equivalent of what the Washington Post does now. Not following you to the coffeeshop like the ad tech of today.
The Romans had a widely used spice that went extinct. We only have textual descriptions. It couldn't be transplanted and local people had an interest in having sheep, which ate it.

There are probably interesting plants vanishing in ecosystem destruction at a quicker rate right now than in the last ten thousand years.
I deployed my own Matomo. Admittedly, I don't get much traffic so I am not a power user but I really like having control over it and the deployment was easy.
If you read the whole post, at a few websites he had to email their support, asking for transfer of their usernames. Once they agreed to give in 'next 48 hours', he could have finally said, "No thanks, I just wanted to test how easy it is." You just need the will. I bet all this sharing of info was an after thought.
Survivorship bias. The ones that broke aren't around to compare.
Every VPN provider I'm aware of offers either a mobile app or set up instructions for Android and iOS. So while that doesn't really answer your question, I suspect there's a non-insignificant number of mobile VPN users.
I think that's the broader problem that the article is trying to get at. Pornography is just an example that makes it clearer to people that they should care about it.
ChromeOS and Android also have good looking interfaces.

> None of them have anything to do with lack of skill using Swing.

Can you name me 10 swing apps that look good? I can do the same for the web and MacOS. I'm not sure I'd be able to name 10 for windows, but I can name at least two.
Except you did't have $2000 cash because you invested it in Amazon, whose value dropped to $0.
>In other words, the core, commonly identified “hard part” of Rust - ownership and borrowing - is essentially applicable for any attempt to make checking the correctness of an imperative program tractable. So trying to get rid of it would be missing the real insight of Rust, and not building on the foundations Rust has laid out.

Sure, but people wanting a smaller Rust might not care about the "real insight of Rust", but of the surface syntax, speed, apis, tooling (e.g. cargo), and so on...

I'd like a Rust like language that's GCed for example, and drops all the lifetime annotations and so on...
Do you block all JS, including 1st party and inline scripts, or only 3rd party scripts and resources?

I've used uBlock Origin to block all 3rd party scripts and frames for a while, but I'm seriously considering going full default-deny all scripts and other active content.
No, componentization is only one of the major concepts of React. Declarative reactive re-rendering is key, as opposed to having to imperatively code the details of how UI parts transition from one state to the next. For example, iOS UI development had componentization, yet it was still necessary for them to launch SwiftUI this year to get on the React(ish) bandwagon.
ObjectBox Go: Efficient object-oriented IoT database released in version 1.0
Not OP but from what they're saying I'd guess loop, while, for, continue, break, return. Possibly do (which is reserved but not used), could be a do{}while or a monadic block, who knows.

Though it should be noted that Smalltalk provided a non-local return.
I mean, a meteor could hit the DC. But I guess that would count as a decommissioning event, wouldn’t it? So you’re still right, with a proviso—there’s never any reason to turn the machine off with the expectation of ever turning it back on.
> BTC mixers will not protect you. Correlating one single wallet with you will make it possible to them retrace the entire history.

It's also possible they both knew the address which was paid out to buy the stolen merchandise and they saw he had withdrawals from a bitcoin exchange in bank records. Given these two facts, it's pretty easy to draw a line between them even when mixers are used. But if you don't already know who to suspect this is much harder to do.
See here for performance benchmarks:
https://objectbox.io/go-1-0-release-and-performance-benchmar...
I doubt that even the dumbest Border agent would fall for that one.
how it goes out the window when certain conditions are met.

Almost as if one is an organisation worth literally billions and the other is an individual who has to worry about money every month.
OCaml has for and while loops. Its for loop is even more imperative than Rust's (which simply drives an iterator, whereas OCaml's has "for a to b" and "for b downto a").

OCaml doesn't have break or continue though.
That’s basically Swift.
Or you get a lot of poorly built property, its all fun an games until you get a building collapse.
Exercise to Gain Weight
Being able to cancel is formalized in Amazon's terms and condition, not a courtesy.
Proxomitron is not SOCKS (it's a regular HTTP proxy with MitM capability) but it can strip HTTPS in its "half-SSL mode". Its original author is dead and it was originally designed for OpenSSL 0.9.x, but there are patches that will let it use a newer version.

I use it on my network mainly for adblocking and other page filtering, and the "HTTPS upgrade" it does is more like a side-benefit.

On the other hand, a TLS 1.2 connection coming from a client purporting to be some old version of IE on Windows tends to cause some sites to reject the request, I guess purely because of how unusual that looks.
Checked exceptions (like Java) are isomorphic with Rust's Result type. You could convert a checked exceptions syntax into Result exception-carriers on each return with a mechanical transformation, of a Rust+exceptions program into Rust-today program.
Exactly, especially if the bouncer comes to work for you for free. Which is what Google and Facebook analytics platforms do: they are free because they benefit from the collected information in ways beyond your control.
I’m curious where you live? I live in Minneapolis and basically all the places I’ve worked, as well as visiting friends working a stranger could walk directly into the building. Especially multi-business centers. At one of the places they might have been asked if they needed help, but they wouldn’t be stopped, the receptionist would have just assumed they knew where they were going.

I mean certainly major business like BestBuy Corporate and Target Corporate have security, but most small to medium don’t.
I guess the reasonable size is relative.

None of my laptops do this.

The thermal design is basically broken if the CPU overheats and has to throttle to prevent a fire.
That is indeed fascinating.

"Thanks to a Facebook event called “Storm Area 51” ...

Since July 12th, searches for “Area 51” have surged from zero to 160,000 in just 4 days. July 16th alone had nearly 59,000 searches.

...

The most popular alien related search is “alien impregnation” followed by “alien sex”. Other interesting searches include “alien belly” (a reference to the scene from the original 1979 Alien movie?), “alien eggs”, “alien abduction” and “alien probe”.
"

So I always suspected, that the internet is a weird place, but good to have data to back that up.

But seriously, out of porn consumption statistics, you can get a deep analytical experience of the population.
So yes, it is scary, if some companies have all that knowledge.
Yeah! What terrible people! Not offering content that they created, or paid to have created, for less than what people are willing to pay for it!

If there is anything that is entitled to be sold in a profit-maximizing manner it’s copyrighted content. We’re not talking about a public good, or monopolizing a pre-existing thing. If Marvel (or some other company) didn’t make Avengers, it wouldn’t exist in the universe. Nor are we talking about something essential, like food, or housing, or medicine. If you don’t watch Avengers, you’re fine. Any rationalization for consuming the benefit without paying the desired price is entitled nonsense.
Chrome literally says this when you open incognito mode:

> Your activity might still be visible to:

> - Websites you visit

> - Your employer or school

> - Your internet service provider
For that matter, use self-documenting names in math, too. And please don't recycle notation for completely unrelated concepts, even if they are in different fields.

Coming to math from computing, the only explanation I can come up with for the disaster that is mathematical notation is that mathematicians are universally sadomasochists.
it's all very right wing.

Alex Jones.
Rants about "anti christian censorhsip"

Just the usual homophobes.

Prove me wrong downvoters.
Real estate sales to foreign buyers is a form of export. Maybe the best export:

* the good (the house) does not leave the country

* the money continues to flow after the actual sale: real estate taxes and maintenance

* taxes go to the local government, but the non-resident buyer does not really consume government services, so that benefits the rest of the local population

* maintenance go to the local economy

* when the rich foreigner visits, they spend like a tourist, not like a local, i.e. they contribute to the local economy disproportionately compared to their actual presence

Why do rich Chinese buy in Manhattan? Why not in Lagos, such as this wonderful house [1] that goes for $1MM ? Because of the rule of law. Real estate sales to foreign investors is actually export of the rule of law. The rule of law is simply a more valuable asset in Manhattan than in Lagos, or in Beijing for that matter.

Impeding real estate sales to foreigners simply means obstructing the monetization of maybe the most valuable asset that the Western world has. (or maybe the second most valuable)

[1] https://www.nigeriapropertycentre.com/for-sale/houses/block-...
One of my favorite Minecraft Mods was equivalent exchange. It foretold the coming of modern idle games. You work hard in the beginning to earn your first magical item, that gives you some sorcery that lets you spend less time gathering resources.

A small amount of time later, you get another magical item that lets you transmute a little more efficiently. A few dozen grinding hours later and you've acquired an array of items that grant you limited control over the environment, and you start grinding towards your first resource generator, which gives you resources which let you make the second one.

Now you're scaling. Build speed becomes the bottleneck for awhile, you're grinding the farm. Eventually you reach the next tier of generators, and this unlocks new mechanics. Finally at the end of the game you get artifacts of immense, game-breaking power.

Once I started playing, I couldn't stop until I had done all the things. And when I was done with that, I never picked it, or Minecraft, back up again.

The lure of mastery is perhaps the most addictive one that could ever be dreamed.
We're working on a search engine for online courses (classpert) and the subscription model was always a big question mark for us. We try our best to show advantages of the subscription but for the end user, we're not so sure it's the best model (and we doubt providers really believe that either). Personally, Udemy model (pay per course) works better for the general case, and I would only subscribe to specific content made by specific, top-notch people.
>14.4$ per bushel was in line with historic food prices

Wow, good point, I did not expect that. So it should be sustainable, at least.
> All portable laptops throttle.

> It's only a problem if throttling takes them below the advertised base clock under normal conditions.

Seems like a bit of a contradiction?

Dell said that my laptop would have an i7-7700HQ at 2.8 GHz + turbo to 3.something, and a GTX 1050m.

The laptop Dell sent me behaved like this under load: it goes to the max turbo speed, overheats within a few seconds to a minute, and then throttles to 800 MHz.

It's like if someone advertised a car as having a 280 HP engine, but the engine controller limited it to 100 HP because it had an inadequate cooling system and would overheat at any more load. It is deceptive.

With the laptop, underclocking can fix the CPU throttling - mine can now sustain the max turbo speed forever at 70 degrees. But that's like buying the 100 HP car and modding it to get to 280 - you were sold a faulty product. In the case of the laptop it's fixable in software so that's not as big of a deal, but how many normal people do you think would be willing to mess with their CPU voltages? Or even be aware of the throttling?

Even after underclocking the CPU, I cannot use it at the same time as the discrete graphics card. If I do, the combined heat makes the CPU once again go to 800 MHZ.

Expecting to be able to use the hardware my computer was advertised as having is not having unrealistic expectations.

> I'm a little confused at what's "sturdier" about a gaming laptop as well.

In my experience most gaming laptops are made of metal or thick plastic and seem more durable. I actually had a MSI laptop, it was a tank - like the revered Thinkpads, but better. Dropped it from a few feet and it only got a scratch on the surface.

> A gaming laptop is not really a laptop at all by comparison. They still get less than 4 hours of battery life under load, they're an inch or more thick, they're heavy. Many of them do not fit in backpacks. Gaming laptops are essentially designed for plugged in operation.

That's why I got the XPS 15. Had I known that its performance was a fraction of what was advertised I would have ignored this whole category of deceptive laptops and bought a gaming laptop, even though they have all these downsides.
If I understand it correctly, this is what tor browser does, in addition to using the tor network itself to as-close-to-anonymize you. Tor browser has warnings that encourage you to not-resize your browser because that could be used as fingerprinting data.
> Facebook is actually going to change the Rust language to fit their needs.

... hm?
Everything Happens So Much
You can call me "Nobody", then. I have bailed on countless "free trials" after being prompted to enter my credit card details. It's quite common.

As far as Adobe goes, what part of "7 days free, then US$20.99/mo" do you find hard to understand?
> You will get your package at home and then you will be informed that the price "was a mistake" and was 10% more expensive

Don't seem very likely. When word gets out (and it will) they'll lose customers that are much more valuable than that extra 10% they just got from you.
I had the same feeling after playing Sekiro (And I read a lot)
Ask HN: What was the most absurd/funny statement that you ever heard on meeting?
Dear HN,

I’ve been involved during my career in multiple projects in different companies, and I saw a lot of absurd quotes from developers about their work blockers, imagined complicated stuff that they have done, or them just blaming other peoples code. Most of them were total bullshit that for business/scrum sounded authentic.

So what was the most absurd, funny, filled with buzzwords daily meeting statement or situation that you have ever encountered?
It’s not hard for foreign investors to get a greencard anyway.

You just need to invest $500k.
The redesign of the redesign isn't bad, but it needs more contrast. The light grey on the white background is too hard to read and the light grey borders around key elements do nothing to separate them out visually.

Is this a new design trend? I'm seeing the lack of contrast on a site being seen more and more as "subtle" as if that were a good thing.
How to Build a CI/CD Pipeline for Serverless Apps with Travis CI
You're right that it needs to be cheaper, but they also need to make it much faster. Denmark is shaped like an L, in terms of there the tracks need to go to connect Jutland and the islands. So there's no shortcut from the largest city in Northern Jutland to Copenhagen (and honestly that mostly where you want to go).

Right now you can't take a morning train from Aalborg and be in Copenhagen for a morning meeting, you can drive, or fly and it's cheaper. By train you need to leave the day before... It's 400km and you can't get a morning train for a meeting at 9:00AM.

One hour between the largest cities isn't close to being fast enough. 30 minutes between them isn't fast enough.

Most of the country is barely serviced by train at all, so maybe a better idea would be to move local, shorter distance journeys from the roads to trains, or even just busses. I can't use public transport, I would spend 1 hour and 45 minutes getting to work... It's a 25 minute drive, in rush hour.
From what I recall, it wasn't just changing hue - it changed features such as nose width and mouth shape to make a photo resemble a stereotypical ethnic face shape. I can understand who some people might find that offensive.
Except there was a way around it until medicine became so expensive that nation states stopped being able to afford it.

There will always be a debate on priorities, but it’s gone from being about how long certain things could wait, to, who doesn’t get treatment at all. The triage example of earlier is excellent, because war time is a time of scarce resources, and that’s the state we’re at. Not because the resources are actually scares, but because an immoral industry got way too greedy.
Japanese sources are reporting a eyewitness account of the suspect saying "パクりやがって", which could be translated as "they plagiarized" (and definitely not "I'm sorry" as Google Translate claims). See https://www.edrdg.org/jmdictdb/cgi-bin/entr.py?svc=jmdict&si...

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190718-00000075-asahi-s...
I mean, North Korea wasn’t originally a distinct sovereign nation either. Things change. Especially after wars.
I don't object to a business or individual I interact with to getting to know my preferences better, that's inevitable and a good thing. What he doesn't do however is commodify my personal information and sell it to third parties and advertisement agencies so that they in turn can try to manipulate me and show me stuff I don't want, and I also suspect no newspaper vendor runs a high tech operation in the basement that, without my explicit knowledge runs some sort of panopticon like experiment on my personal data.

Do you know what I'd really like to see? A sort of frame in frame of what the algorithm sees that tracks me while reading a Wapo article, directly shown to the reader. It'd be interesting to see how people would react if they were aware of how exactly they're being followed around and analysed.
> Big projects should be cut into smaller pieces where each piece can be relatively easy rewritten.

To come up with the right smaller pieces, you have to think about how they will work together to achieve the big picture. That means interfaces and their contracts, and if you get them wrong, you end up with pieces that don't fit together, and do not, collectively, get the job done.

Big problems cannot be effectively solved in a bottom-up manner, and perhaps the most pervasive fallacy in software development today is the notion that the principle of modularity means you only have to think about code in small pieces.
What was the first programming language you really understood and learned? I ask because most of the time people think something different is complex or "ugly" it's because they're using bad abstractions between what they fully understood first to other things they think is in the same domain.

Patricia Asa has an excellent presentation[0] on how she tried to learned C# and one of the biggest things she discovered was these bad cross-over abstractions held her back.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id2jBMJLz2Y
While these things happen, it's an overly negative view. A citizen reporting a theft has a very low probability of a negative outcome from his interaction with the police.

>nothing to gain from using the justice system

Insurance may require the theft to be reported before they cover any claims.
FaceApp Responds to Privacy Concerns
Oof! Someone's losing their job.
"I can write that in two weeks."
This is all you need to read.
It goes a bit deeper than that. I work on POWER which is a sibling to the z platform. They share some common architecture and microarchitectural elements.

To get a sense, have a look at the E980’s Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Manual. [1] that systems NOT a mainframe - but it borrows ideas from it. Even in that system all levels of it are designed for failure, from Customer replaceable units like fans or power supplies to certain busses have extra lanes or wires for parity or spares depending on the design. Internal to the processor logic there’s a large number of internal checkers that watch the architected state of the machine and notice when something abnormal happens. For several things the processor core will unwind its state and retry an op, and if it proceeds, flag itself as having had a “recoverable” error, which usually triggers a service action. If the system can’t recover it halts either the core or the entire platform, and a dump happens from the service processor which then offloads it to the management console for diagnosis.

Z boxes do all of the above - and more. There’s pictures floating around the office of a system that went through and earthquake, fell over (someone didn’t buy the optional earthquake bracing for the rack) and as it fell, it domino’d over along with several other racks. It still running when the techs went to inspect the data center, though it did turn on its “service me” attention light. ;)

[1] https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/2RJYYJML
I'd make an order and immediately ask Amazon if I can keep it or if it was an error.

Why? How come can I know for sure this is an error and not, say, a marketing strategy to show up for free on big news outlets?

Free publicity for the company and a free expensive product for me. They would be just using me to earn some publicity space, and I would be compensated a lot by it. Being a libertarian, I don't see any problem with this free trade.

Except, it was probably a huge mess on their pricing system. As this might be the case, if they wanted to cancel my order, I wouldn't complain at all.

What about if it was an error that turned out to be great for them because it drove more access to the camera area and they sold twice what they expected, and they admit it? I'd still be interested in returning the camera because I don't want to take advantage of an error, but I'd ask nicely if I can keep it and make it clear I have no intention to fight or complain if they said 'no'.
Bypassing new Chrome anti-incognito/private mode detection
It may also be worth pointing out, Jack Ma is also a member of CCP.
I'm noticing that my child doesn't even like or watch anything on Netflix kids. Youtube actually has a more appealing kid contents. I think what Netflix is missing is the daytime talk show/news reporting/ sports. They don't have good movie selections. And their sofware/app is terrible. You cannot find anything anymore. They keep on changing the order of my list and they also put different poster for the same title/content. This gets confusing, when you start watching something, only realizing you already did, a couple of months ago. Just the poster of the show/movie has changed!
Does that work? I’d expect you want to do a fairly traditional road-based ETA? Otherwise you’ll be wildly off if you’re in a cul de sac next to a major highway or on said highway, or in massive traffic vs not at all.
But it's still much much faster to fly. Right now flying is cheaper and faster, you can't make the trains fast enough.
Of course there is, it's an insurance buisiness.