skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"Round conductors are not optimal for transmitting current..." (Above Wikipedia Page is Why...)

Source: https://electrek.co/2019/07/22/tesla-revolutionary-wiring-ar...
Security Risks of Government Hacking [pdf]
Whale-Inspired Wind Turbines (2008)
Global plastics industry is “gearing up for the fight of its life”
The amazing part to me was that people had reached those maxima so fast: by 1960, barely after the computers have been invented, and with such limited resources.
>ambitious and smart people putting their talents in investment banking and management consulting

Honestly, I think that is a big factor (along with a reaction to perceived political biases) in why people think tech companies need to be broken up, beyond any real or imagined monopolistic practices. Silicon Valley really shook up the business world at an accelerating rate over the past 2-3 decades, and it's threatening to people accustomed to the status quo, especially those who invested decades of their lives into a career in [finance, management consulting, high-powered law/politics] because they thought it was the best way forward.
You and me both. I just went through the Triplebyte process after my last contract wrapped up. Passed their exam and interview and went on-site at multiple companies. In the end it was a total waste of time and very stressful. I would go so far as to say that if you have been successful with startups and equity that it would be a net negative for you because the 5 peers you will be interviewing with will feel threatened as well. Rinky-dink organizations really don’t want very good people, they want people they feel comfortable with. Luckily I have a network which allows me to bypass all this.
> Many are bad at communicating in general, e.g. selectively ignoring/missing parts of an email, incomplete sentences, typos. Some also have the nasty habit of skimming stuff and replying to what they thought they read.

I've seen this as well. It really makes one wonder how they're able to code properly since programming is, in a sense, also the expression of ideas as text.
Not exactly a balanced, unbiased look at this controversial issue, is it?

> So far, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has agreed that there is insufficient evidence to support diagnoses for sex and porn addiction. In 2010, the APA rejected the inclusion of “sex addiction” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). A new condition called “hypersexual disorder” was proposed for the DSM-5 but, in 2012, the APA rejected it as well for lack of evidence.

> when UCLA researchers studied the response to viewing sexually explicit images in people who self-defined as being unable to regulate their porn viewing, the results showed no similar response [to addiction].... The authors concluded that there was no evidence to say that even problem sexual regulation fit the definition of addiction as defined by brain response and that these people simply had high sex drives.

>people who develop addictions initially show high levels of response in the pleasure centers of the brain... one of the hallmarks of true addiction is that the pleasure received from the object of the addiction wanes over time as the person no longer wants the object but, rather, needs the object. In contrast, even people who report very strong “addiction” to sex continue to show activation of the pleasure centers of the brain when viewing sexually explicit images. This response is similar to the response people have to chocolate, ice cream and other highly desired pleasures.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/your-porn-addiction-isnt-real

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/close-and-personal/2...

You might consider backing off the unsupported blanket statements like "100% of people feel better after quitting to watch porn" and "porn is unhealthy in any amount". As it is the site smells more like zealotry than a fair test.
>A few dollars? Qualcomm skins you for all you are worth.

And Amortised over 200M annual iPhone unit shipment? That would be less than a dollar per unit. Not to mention it is highly unlikely Apple paid anywhere close to those prices.
That isn't necessarily true. There's a difference between respect and benefits/culture.

Some would say that Google, in all its free lunch glory, doesn't respect its employees that well consider they've had employees go on strike due to their policies.
That's exactly why patents were invented: publish your secrets, in return the state gives you exclusive rights on the idea for 25 years. After that everyone can use the instructions from the patent application as they wish.

Of course that system doesn't really work as intended anymore.
Natural monopolies are supposed to be more regulated than telcos currently are. There's a word for it, it's called a utility
Even at 25MBps, it's very easy to see if you're bottlenecked to less than a thousand 4K writes per second (4MBps), and pretty easy to see if you're bottlenecked to less than three thousand 4K reads per second (12MBps).
YouTube would be a Fortune 500 company on its own.

Mozilla seems to be doing just fine. I'm sure Chrome, Inc. could figure out some way to monetize itself.

Android is installed on over 2.5 billion devices worldwide. If they couldn't figure out how to monetize that, then they would have no business being in business.

Adsense/Doubleclick/whatever they're calling it right now makes billions of dollars per year.

All five parts would be monstrously large, powerful businesses on their own. The fact that they're all smooshed together stifles competition and innovation.
Are these not used basically everywhere now? Most new installations in Ireland seem to use one, and the not-super-up-to-date (has an analog-in TV!) French hotel room I’m in at the moment has one.
A lot of people IN the industry (especially, but absolutely not exclusively folks who come from alternate backgrounds).

Ive been a consultant at several companies where other software engineers REFUSED to learn anything unless:

A) it was during work hours
B) the company provided a structured environment to learn the thing (usually in the form of paid 3rd party trainers coming on site).

Needless to say, those teams were far from successful.

There's also more and more folks coming in for the money (nothing wrong with that) expecting it to be a 9 to 5 job. It absolutely CAN be a 9 to 5 job given the right environment/company/structure, but no one in their right mind would pay average west/east coast software engineer salary for a 9 to 5 employee. The extra responsibilities, continual learning, possible on-call, etc, are all baked in those crazy 6 figure salaries everyone drool over.

There's totally a time and place for more typical schedule. Just expect to be paid accordingly. In the short term the market isn't quite adjusted to the idea that not all software eng roles are the same, so there's plenty of people who make 200k+ for doing essentially clerical work (that just happens to involve code) but its just a matter of time before that changes (its already happening).
These are getting increasingly common in Mexico, also.
Google acquired DeepMind...
In a similar vein, I was reading a parenting book by Mr Rogers in 1983 and he starts it off by asking mother's to stay home with their children if possible with their circumstances and that children require good mothering in their first years. I couldn't but help wondering if this book had been written today if those same thoughts would have been expressed in a gender neutral way.
I prefer the Algonquin Kid's Table
Probably this: https://podcastnotes.org/2019/07/17/thiel/
> You are applying a US-centric definition of "free"

There's no other sensible definition of "free". Of course one can say word "free" and mean something having nothing to do with freedom, but that would be just an Orwellian perversion of language, not substantial discussion. Words are means of communicating ideas, and the only idea of freedom of speech that makes sense is one where government can not dictate what can and can not be spoken.

> Other countries apply a different definition of "free"

They are subverting the language in hopes that not talking about censorship would mean citizenship are not aware they they live under a censorious regime. However, whether you talk about it or not, the fact censorship is there and there is substantial and qualitative difference between having and not having government censorship of speech. Saying "we just have different definition of 'free'" is like alcoholic saying "I just have a different definition of 'sober'" - he can have any definition he wants, but that doesn't change the fact he's drunk.

> curtailing the "freedom" of some increases the average "freedom" of society at large, and is therefore more free

It's just sophistry, these word do not signify any real things or events behind them. There's no such thing as "freedom of society at large", not combined of freedoms of the people. Of course, you can talk about it - you can talk about anything, words are malleable - but these words would be just simulacrum, motivated reasoning, juggling words. You can say "freedom is slavery, the true freedom is embracing the state control of everything" - but these words are not defining the idea of freedom, they're just perverting the word for propaganda purposes.

> "Europe doesn't have free speech"

It doesn't, for most countries and virtually any sensible definition of "free speech" that does not hollow the term out to make it mean "whatever the state censorship wants to be spoken, can be spoken".
> FYI, this spreadsheet does not use words like income, profit, loss, expenditure, etc. in the same way that businesses and accountants use the terms.

That's a very polite and roundabout way to say the spreadsheet is wrong...
Is it just me, or did they twist the data in order to put "inclusive workplace" at the first place in the rating?
Even the adjusted table shows that only 15% of women care enough about inclusivity at work, but the summary puts a lot of emphasis on how women prioritize it...
It seems that a lot of this anti-trust content solely focuses on national competition, rather than then international playing field; even though the US is in onging direct competition with an extremely global and readily availble international tech market. I feel we need to start looking at things from a global perspective and what impact splitting up US companies would have on their growth relative to the internaional market competitors.
Can you recommend any resources for getting started with pdfium?
The post indicates there is a competition and prizes but I'm not seeing any discussion of what sort of license the data is being made available under (or the competition for that matter). Hopefully it's there and I'm just not seeing it.
> The best and brightest people do not sign up to stand behind a booth at a car rental agency.

According to the article, the guy behind the counter at Hertz agreed with the author about their insane charter flight policy, and tried to help him fix the situation, but was powerless. The red tape was all above his head and much of the confusion/frustration was on the phone with customer support.
What America Could Look Like When Our Coasts Are Under Water
Not necessarily. There is a middle ground between the two: common criminals that simply use the tools that Google, Apple etc create to make security for normal people easy. If it's effortless to enable full end to end encryption on your phone, then not only will your grandpa enjoy benefits of it, but also a cocaine dealer or a burglar trying to fence stolen goods.

But yes, I think that there are lower-hanging fruits available for pick up here. I wish we lived in a reality where backdooring encryption was the best available path to reduce crime.
You're right that solely having porn as your sexual guide can lead to some serious disappointment and confusion. I don't think anyone here was suggesting that, or that ALL porn can be informative.

But this comment only shows one case where someone gets an only partially informed idea and takes it the wrong way (and only watches one video?). It doesn't address any of the other cases where it is helpful.

Also: many of us enjoy more than "wholesome" love making, and porn can be a way of discovering things you never would have realized you enjoyed.
What's the mechanism of action? Has there been a double blind study? Tesla coils for treating illnesses sets off all kinds of snakeoil alarms in my head.
Empty promises get made all the time. This isn't one of them. Facebook wouldn't survive a Warren administration, e.g.,—assuming that Margrethe Vestager leaves it intact.
Hackers made an App that kills to prove a point
> but a university degree is becoming more and more impractical

In the US*

All that means is that either alternate methods (eg: trade school) will become much more sophisticated, or that the US will fall behind countries that have solid, but much cheaper CS degree programs (helllllllo Waterloo)
I guess it's nice in those areas with low contribution precentage. But I suspect in many cases and definetly in Estonia there's a national high quality map database that could be used to augment existing maps instead. I'm wondering though, has anyone attempted to do so, quick Google search reveals nothing.
Edit: this was dumb I'm sorry I shouldn't get mad on the internet I apologize
This is why we need a train system with funding parity to the highway and airport systems. There should be trains leaving constantly, at most every 10 minutes, from Chicago to the east, and frequent, semihourly, trains between neighboring cities along the way.

Even if the author could rent a car, having to drive 300 miles is astounding waste of time and mental energy.
One way that Google can track your web usage habits is through third-party websites using re-captchas and other Google services and resources, about which the end-user can do nothing except refuse to use web sites that require them.

Unfortunately, Google is far from the only company that tracks users and collects data on them, so even if you were to somehow completely avoid Google tracking and data collection, you'd still be subject to tracking and data collection from others.
Black Mirror Illustrates the Importance of Digital Privacy
Personally I suggest people do read the actual 233 page report, It is actually an easy read. I come to a vastly different conclusion to mainstream media including Ars, at least someone shares the same opinion [1] as I do.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2019/01/16/if-t...
Nope, they just cherry-picked someone who is positive, which is not the case for most mappers.
Wow. This is an awesome article. Very well put together and explained step by step with pictures.

Wish all articles were like this.
You're not wrong, but that argument can kind of be used to justify almost anything.

"Yeah, what we're doing to make a ton of money right now is skeevy and not adding any actual value the world, maybe even creating negative value, but we promise we're going to spend all of that money on research to advance humanity."

Google and Facebook actually did end up doing that, to good effect, but 1) was it worth it? (maybe, especially if we get benevolent superintelligent AGI directly out of it and Google / FB actually agree to not monopolize or abuse it), but 2) how many times should we accept that excuse from companies? If in the next 10 years, a hot up-and-coming new startup begins to grow rapidly and looks like it'll end up in the FAANG tier, should we also trust them when they say their questionable tactics are worth it because they're gonna spend that money on cool science stuff?
Their motivation is self-serving but I don't think it's so nefarious. They use OpenStreetMap in check-in posts to display map data around locations that Facebook users have visited, so improving OpenStreetMap in turn improves the quality of this feature.
Pretty interesting read. I have similar symptoms, which were linked to taking an antibiotic for a kidney infection. I can honestly relate to how this guy feels.

I honestly have seen docs from top hospitals, mayo, rush, northwestern + more and everyone has a different theory and just throws meds at me to try. I just try to manage on my own, which gets really difficult.

I guess I just wish doctors would be more understanding and open about goals/treatments and communicate better especially since patients with chronic symptoms tend to know more than your average patient.
Vicious malware turns old ElasticSearch into crypto-mining zombie botnet
"Audacious" "people familiar with the..." .
How many times do we have to read that in this article!
This is an interesting use of defunct and/or partially defunct Mall real estate...

I wonder what other interesting and novel uses exist for it?
Produce – an HTML5 game that works with keyboard and touch
Matt Levine (Bloomberg news letter) was good in this today: roughly speaking, if "we" as a society want to regulate Tech companies we can just pass laws to do it - stop relying on handfuls of poachers-turned-gamekeepers to extend their remits and just legislate properly

And if our legislators cannot do it, then that's is we the voters problem.

It's all in our hands.

Now - what is the vision? :-)
Superhuman and Email Privacy
> They'll probably have no problem spending a weekend hacking on something they're passionate about.

I would much rather a coding quiz than be asked to do something in my own time. It is already enough of an imposition on my time to go to the actual interview, without there being homework too. Being expected to have already done side projects is even worse; it effectively punishes me for spending too much of my attention on my employer.

Asking senior devs to write simple code in an interview is, I would say, distasteful but necessary. Some "senior" devs don't seem to be able to code at all. (That's why the fizz buzz challenge was created; it was never aimed at junior devs.) Of course more advanced challenges might end in a trick that you might not notice in an interview, or you might even make silly mistakes. But that's all OK so long as there is sufficient understanding of that by the interviewer, and so long as (this is really key) there is enough discussion about your thought process.

Edit: I just re-read your post and realised you're just asking for the option of showing off a side project, rather than it being compulsory. That's definitely not so bad but it still seems a bit unfair on those of us that don't have time for it.
User location data is useless without the substrate of a proper map.
# OpenStreetMap query toilets - mini tutorial for data science people :

- go https://overpass-turbo.eu ( OSM Overpass query service )

- add "Wizard" query: "amenity=toilets in Berlin" + press "build and run query"

- check the results on the map: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/L0m

- "export" --> "download/copy as GeoJSON"

# OpenStreetMap toilets - Geographical distribution

https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/?key=amenity&value=to...

# OpenStreetMap toilets docs:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dtoilets
Eh I mean, if Trump throwing a tantrum is how we stumble into anti-trust legislation I’m still for it.
Not exactly the same, it offers slightly different trade-off between the benefits and the drawbacks. But yes, the idea is clearly not new or non-obvious. There are plenty arguments against doing that, and thank you for the references (I wasn't aware of the second one). Nevertheless, just because it has some (in fact, many) drawbacks, doesn't mean it's completely broken and useless, and that means that we shouldn't expect that something like this won't ever materialize.
In the OLD days that's how things worked. You got in to a company through the mail room or some other 'get to know the staff' position, then applied for better jobs in the company. Internal hires would typically be tried before looking outside since they'd have a track record that someone wasn't a flake.
Great to see this finally land - thanks for all the team's work. Looking forward to giving it a whirl.

Threading is something of a prerequisite for acceptance as a serious language among many folks. So great to not just check that box, but to stick the pen right through it.

The devil is always in the details, but from the doc the interface looks pretty nice (given threaded code generally looks like it was written by Cthulhu).
How to Become a 1,000,000,000x Engineer
I haven't read the article yet, so apologies if this is covered, but the new Bloomberg office in London has vacuum toilets, like on an aeroplane, which don't use any clean water:

https://www.bloomberg.com/careers/blog/eco-friendly-features...
I've been in the technology field for 20 years. I'm also a female coder. I was a Java Expert. Then start again with entry level with other technology. Then start again with entry level web development in my third job. Whenever you start again with a different technology stacks you become an entry level. You cannot really climb higher or grow in this profession. And that's the inherent problem with information technology. It's changing to fast.
There are forensic tools that grab {n} number of sectors from the drive image, then upload it to a cloud that has a massive farm of servers that brute force the blocks using all known ciphers and strings. Brute forcing anything is possible, especially if using symmetric encryption only. The CPU cycles (and cost) to break the passphrase depend on the complexity.

If the disk encryption used a combination of a strong passphrase and a large key (usb device, etc) then the probability of decrypting the drive becomes highly unlikely.

Anyway, I am no lawyer, but the person should assume the police are lieing either way. Their lawyer should have told them this and to keep their mouth shut. The police could be playing mind games. Mind games are the cheapest way to decrypt a drive or get someone to admit guilt.
If the driver drove 600 miles and his car got 25 miles to the gallon, at $3 a gallon his gas expenses would have only been $72. Of course there are other costs (maintenance, depreciation), but those also exists if you are just driving your car around town, and I think Uber / Lift's whole business model is based on the driver not really taking them into account. If the tip was $100, the driver would have walked away with $330 in cash after the drive - which is not bad for a 10 hour workday.
Chaos : Making a New Science by James Gleick https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YL4KOO/ contextualizes the period-doubling thing and talks about some of the other related stuff. Good book.
Ohio had plans to connect Toledo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus, however the Governor at the time turned down the federal money.
Worth noting, as detailed in the comments, that not only was the tip significant, but gas, tolls, and food were covered by the author.
Well, it was definitely a hypothetical. Ultimately, this is a judgment call. I appreciate this discussion though! Thank you.

I am interested though to hear what marines would say about the recruits that come in having played video games or watched movies with gunplay. Is it a good thing? Does it leave them with messed up ideas or expectations?
> given threaded code generally looks like it was written by Cthulhu

Whereas in Julia, we use Cthulhu to read code ;) - https://github.com/JuliaDebug/Cthulhu.jl.
Composting human fecal matter seems like a very bad idea hygienically, because of parasites (flatworms, roundworms, protozoa, etc.).
An ADIZ is NOT the same thing as a country's internationally recognised airspace. Many ADIZs overlap - who is the 'owner' there?

This is a media beat-up. Be fearful if it makes you feel better.
Most people want that, but I think a high percentage of programmers do truly want a job where they get opportunities to learn new things (in addition to opportunities to make money). They probably should've split the question into "promotion/raise/compensation opportunities" and "learning/skill improvement opportunities", or something.
Ah yes, Blackberry.
It seems like the answer is "not well, and it's not recommended": https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/9512...