skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Anecdotal, but I’m a big fan of Lecrae’s music and Joyful Noise was probably the biggest hit in Christian hip hop of the time. First time I heard Dark Horse on the radio I laughed and told a friend that they totally ripped off Joyful Noise, it was very obvious since that riff is the focal point of the song. Don’t know if I agree with the lawsuit but the similarities are there.

Joyful Noise: https://youtu.be/jTLeHuvHXuk

Dark horse: https://youtu.be/0KSOMA3QBU0
If they choose to, not if required to!!
Yes! You can already do it, but you pay a lot of overhead in unneeded QObject/QQuickItem features that you don't need, so if they can improve that, and it sounds like they're working on it, then I think that would be fantastic.
An old roommate of mine who has knowledge in both created https://free.law/ to help address the lack of availability of public court records for free (apparently the fees charged by the gov't may be illegal).

Not mine but definitely an interesting resource for lawyers/coders.
and talking to someone and saying "please remove me from your list".

This could very well be an urban legend, and I know that most telemarketers are untrustworthy anyway, but I've heard somewhere that you actually have to explicitly say "put me on your do-not-call list" because the phrase "remove me from your list" allows them to interpret it a request to remove you from the do-not-call list.

Like I said, probably an urban legend.
ACK! You're correct! Thanks for catching that. Here's the link I meant to use: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/supreme-court-sends-consum...
It was simply an example. The point is, in any given garage, in any given home is A LOT of under-utilized capacity. The only reason it's there is you MIGHT need it at some point. But other than a fire extinguisher, what do you need NOW??!?

It I could get a table saw - or a lawnmower - delivered in an hour (or scheduled) - then I can begin to own/possess a lot less.

What if...(again, just spitballing, don't get stuck in the details of who, etc.) FedEx got into the storage biz? They warehouse your stuff and commit to delivering anything you have there for some fee. Let's face it, tons of people are storing TONS of stuff already. Often collecting dust I would bet. Maybe FedEx could offer to manage it in a "time share" sorta way?

With that service, the size of your high $ per sq foot residence (or office) can now be much smaller, less cluttered, etc.

Yeah, all this sounds weird, but so is AirB&B, Uber/Lyft, etc.
In the US, 'organic' does not mean sustainable. Voting with your wallet is not enough. This situation requires large scale change and regulation to remedy.
local admin on windows is similar to having sudo rights on linux.
It can be used to access personal files and running sessions of other users on the same machine, to install malware that will affect other users, to change drivers, to block AV or GPO policies from being applied to protect them, etc.
Based on the number of actual reproducible controlled experiments done on CNNs, I'm not convinced the field is less advanced than psychology at this point.
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Many people worry too much about things that don't hurt/help them. This pops up a lot in politics as well, with people arguing for/against things that would not change their life at all. I think it's just human nature to pick a side and adopt that side's strong opinions. People like to argue, and arguing for/against the interests of popular billion dollar multi-national companies is an exceedingly risk-free argument to engage in.

In the case of MoviePass, the only concern I'd have is if they closed shop suddenly after I've already paid for a month of service. But if they stayed open long enough, it doesn't matter. I might have lost $5 but I saved $50 over the course of my membership.
Let me use a car analogy (heh) to critique your reasoning: "Telling us that automotive interfaces run on Linux is the most scathing comment on Linux that you could possibly have written."

I have worked on IVI ("in-vehicle infotainment") software and I can tell you that Qt is not even remotely the problem. The problem is... car companies are really, really bad at software development.
>Lowe's happy-go-lucky persona marked a shift from the all-business Spikes, whom he had replaced in the company hierarchy as CEO. On the rare occasions Lowe made it into the office, staff would need almost an entire day to get him up to speed. His general attitude, as one source described, was, 'Well, what do you think we should do?'

How do people like this make it so far in their careers?
Same. Five years as a federal patent litigator and I'm shocked how much of the soft skills, and thought processes apply in my new life as an engineer.
I included the WRONG link - please use this instead: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/supreme-court-sends-consum...
Any cheaper licensing options for us embedded folk?
Can you tell me why it's absurd?

I'm not even on the right, but I certainly take issue with a lot of the ideas coming out of gender studies (and similar) departments and how easily they are accepted as truth and how quickly they spread. Many of those ideas, if taken seriously, seem to have the possibility to rearrange society in a pretty awful way. In fact, anecdotally, they already seem to be having a pretty negative effect on our world and their influence seems to be on the rise. Now, I'm not quite as concerned about this as climate change, but it's still a real issue. Do you not see this as a real issue?
An example I was once involved in.

You have a $VeryExpensive accident.

There are $LargeNumber companies which have some partial liability.

That they are liable is extremely easy to prove, but the extent of the liability is extremely difficult and can be extremely costly on a per company bases.

You also have a database which holds most of the contributions of each of these companies, allowing you to build up a case for why each company has a certain percent of liability. While there is a team of lawyers and a team of programmers working on this case, the ability of lawyers to pull up simple enough data reduces the dependency of involving the programmers, and the lawyers having a basic understanding of SQL helps them both communicating with the programming team and when they have to explain things in front of the judge. Being able to query the data allows for the lawyers to better grasp which cases are the most worthwhile to pursue.

And for macros, sometimes you don't have a simple database, but you do have very standardized forms that are easy to scrape data off of.
Building your own programming language in JavaScript
> Wastewater injection is a known issue. In certain areas, waste water injection can cause earthquakes. In other areas, waste water injection is fine. It's a matter of geological particulars, and a blanket ban doesn't make sense.

Couldn't agree more. Oklahoma's problem was one exacerbated by negligence and cost cutting. Blanket ban would be inconsiderate to how these particulars can ideally be used.

> The real issue at hand seems to be the expansion of oil wells into parts of the country that did not historically have that industry. Banning fracking may simply be the wrong approach. For example, as technology advances, non fracking methods may be discovered that would once again put oil wells in communities that don't want them. In addition, talking about fracked wells without comparing them against similar non fracked wells is sloppy science.

Which parts of the country would you be referring to? North Dakota? Even Pennsylvania has regulatory enforcement issues (ex. orphaned wells). Nobody really tracks methane/non-spill emissions. That said, I agree that fracked wells are not unique but the sheer quantity of smaller unconventional ventures worries me. Companies can go bankrupt and the abandonment bonds required by states can be insufficient to properly abandon the wells.
You forgot to mention the child's ethnicity - that would obviously make the answer really easy :-/
What does this have to do with anything?

If you're on trial for murder, the prosecution would never call on you to testify. Why would they? Of course you're going to claim that you didn't do it. Your testimony would be useless.

Murderers are tried with physical evidence linking them to the crime, and witness testimony from other people. Murderers don't even need to be present to be convicted; this happens sometimes if they're considered a danger in the courtroom, or have fled.
I had a package that was marked as "handed to resident" yesterday even though I live alone, no one else has access to my apartment, and I wasn't home all day.
Cool, so you have worked with both, right?
The trend for electronics is more integration. How do I change the ram on a solid piece of smart-glass that the Sci-fi movies are promising me?
Actually noise is the most homogeneous of all...
> Politicians start with their conclusions, find alternative theories and then seek to discredit them.

Seems like politicians start with the conclusions and find ways to pay off ethically reprehensible scientists to manipulate data to credit a politically acceptable theory (or discredit a politically competitive theory).
Microsoft Contractors Hear Skype, Cortana Recordings
I think it was actually Google, but I read the article a while back and it might've been Yandex.
It depends on the site. For example, a Twitter timeline or Google search engine result page only needs the https request for the auction to take place, as the ads are mixed into the first-party response.

Third-party ads inserted via javascript behave as you describe.

Blocking third-party cookies (by using ublock origin or a pi-hole or firefox) helps prevent more actors from observing your online activity, but simply by being in the ad auction, third parties can get a lot of indirect information (via real-time bidding, or RTB).
Things are cheaper and easier to do in India. Try hiring 200 devs in Craigland and then come back and give us your observations.

Delays and cockups are just a cost of doing business. If it gets too bad trust me people get fired and contractors change or companies go out of business. Customers don't know how good they have it, because of how competitive the environment is.
As I note above, the entire difference, is whether or not the group gets past the cycle of outrage amplification and onto higher principles, or whether it merely pays lip service to principles, and it's actually outrage that's the "tail wagging the dog."

It's entirely analogous to the religion <--> cult spectrum. The former is found beneficial by many and has much to do with community. The latter is really about exploitation and control. In 2019, we need to be skeptical of groups that use outrage to spread, much as we're skeptical of cults. (And this, despite how flowery or "good" their language sounds.)
Again, defense in depth. Don’t discard additional layers of security because one layer fell. The idea is to exhaust attackers and make it cost ineffective. PowerShell empire and mimikatz are two popular things that require it. I am not in infosec though

All things considered, thanks for discussing this with me despite my harsh language and tone. It’s a bad habit of mine
Two people arrested after data breach of 23,000 Revenu Québec employees
I spent a lot of time with chickens when I was a kid. The ones I dealt with had quite distinct personalities, some were friendly, some fearful, some brave and they also seemed to respond to stress. Obviously they are different from humans but I thought they had quite a range of behaviors.
Unless English is an easier language to understanding all broken up, nearly 100% of the time I can figure out what someone who claims to be "bad" at it is saying. English speakers, particularly in the US seem to be pretty tolerant of it. While other countries seem to be dismissive of anyone attempting their language, as if they can't POSSIBLY understand a single word you're saying.

tldr: I'm sure you sound fine, and we can all understand you.
You are indeed correct. Nevertheless that's the way it is for new grads - 1st and 2nd yr fresh out of law school - at high end medium and large firms that are sort of like pyramid schemes.

I'm questioning whether you have actually worked for a firm because your expectations for firm billing are wildly inaccurate as is your understanding of how billing works in a firm.

1st year lawyers bill time which generally doesn't get charged to client, because clients are unwilling to pay for training brand new lawyers.

Associates after their first year generally bill between 1600 and 2400 hours/year, depending on the firm. All of those hours are actual hours worked because a lawyer who lies about that is committing fraud and can be disbarred for that (in addition to facing criminal sanctions). Clients do verify the hours billed--which is why lawyers are required to provide very detailed descriptions of hours worked, in some cases down to 6-minute intervals (i.e., tenths of an hour).

Partners bill in addition to those associate hours. The only partners that get to avoid doing billable work are the rainmakers, because they do the tough work of actually acquiring paying clients. 5th-7th year associates generate the most profits for law firms because they have the highest ratio of gross billings (= hourly rate x hours billed) to salary, though partners usually generate the most revenue for their firms.
LaTeX and Mathematical Typesetting in 2019
Musk's job is to secure investment (and government deals) with promises and signs of hope.
There are numerous attacks to crack wifi hashes. In theory, a properly implemented hash should not be crackable -- but theory often does not match the real world.
It depends on the situation. If one is a lawyer who wants new skill sets and perhaps even a career change, an absolute yes. I did this transition seven years ago and left law entirely. I've met a handful of other interesting ex-lawyers who have made the switch from law to software and have been satisfied with the choice.

At the beginning of this year, after trying to explore what I wanted to do for the next stage in my life, I decided to get back into the profession as a solo practitioner and transition away from software development. I'm officially back to practice, and I'm surprisingly happy with my professional life - something I never thought would really be possible.

If you're a practicing lawyer who wants to give yourself an edge as a lawyer, I think it's more important to understand the concepts and principles as opposed inventing or finding the barely existent job of coder/lawyer for a firm - I don't know the name of the role, and I've seen it touted by legal tech folks - but these are elusive. Understanding what's possible, I believe, is by far way more important. For example, I've worked with countless non-coding project/product managers, and they've been great contributors to the process in software development.

My recommendation for lawyers? Do the Python track on Codecademy over a summer and read Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software.
How do you figure? They have the power to allow prosecutors to present physical evidence, and to allow testimony from cooperative witnesses. Then they have the power to have a trial based on this evidence, and then find a suspect guilty or not guilty. If they find the suspect guilty, they have the power to impose a sentence.

What more do they need? Compelling testimony from an uncooperative witness isn't necessary for a case, nor is it even very helpful: such a witness can't be considered reliable or trustworthy.
The Control of Nature (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Control_of_Nature) is a book that contains this essay and two others (one about Iceland attempting to divert lava flows using pumped ocean water, one about southern CA attempting to build housing in an area dominated by complementary mudslides and firestorms). The whole book is a really great (in John McPhee's unique style) description of what happens when humans attempt to restrict or alter the earth's natural changes.

The above Atchafalaya essay is eye opening about the Mississippi River and how its natural course has swayed back and forth hundreds of miles over the centuries. We have now decided these two rivers should stop moving, but the earth doesn't see it that way. When they hit the gulf, their flow speed lowers, dropping the carried sediment. This causes their mouth to move slightly to an area with less dropped sediment. Humans have built walls attempting to constrain movement, but that may be a long-term losing battle.

Recommended reading, and a nice entry point to McPhee if you haven't read him yet.
UPS and USPS are still mostly reliable for now. FedEx has not been reliable because they've already started to transition to 3rd party contractors a few years back. Many times FedEx shipped items are marked as "delivered" when in reality, the item is still at the warehouse.
It is no more cruel than punitive imprisonment in similar conditions and I think it is undeniable that it is not within any meaning of cruel (even, given current values, one relative to changing cultural values rather than fixed in scope at the time written) that could plausibly be argued to be intended as the meaning of the 8th Amendment.
Jury in pretty much any case is a subpar solution. However, patent or copyright ones are total bonkers to be decided by jury panels.

Leaving justice outcome to chance is rather weak way to 'benefit the society'.
Religious texts, advertisements, and tall tales have been "egging people on" to do things they otherwise would not for thousands of years. Judas Priest and Internet message boards are not new in this respect.

There is something unique, I think, about these message boards, though. I think most people would agree, the overwhelming majority of humans are reasonably decent—they're not going to murder others, are not overtly racist, etc. And throughout human history, these truly 1-in-a-million horrible people have been isolated, unable to find fellow horribles to befriend and egg each other on. The internet has changed that. No matter how unusual or awful your interests may be, it's trivial to find another group of people who share in these thoughts and interests. I don't know what the solution is, or if there even is one, but this does feel like something truly new.
One simple example would be where an attorney receives a thumb-drive with 100s of documents and files as a "production" in a case. An attorney without basic skills would (or would have staff) manually enter all of those files into a spreadsheet or a word document. An attorney with basic programming skills would write/run a short shell script that instantly pumps all of the metadata about those files into an Excel spreadsheet.

Another example, though a bit more general, would be an attorney trying to find documents in a case that were created around a certain date. An attorney without basic skills is, again, going to end up in a manual or semi-manual (with a basic tool) process. An attorney with basic programming skills is likely able to directly craft a query that produces the documents.
This seems to boil down to a disagreement on coercive versus punitive, or more cynically, whether or not you happen to agree with Manning. The court already has an escape clause in place by capping the punishment at 18 months. Manning appears to be seeking that contempt of court be abolished altogether, leaving no way to compel witnesses to testify. All they would need to do is declare "I will not testify, you cannot make me, nothing will change my mind!" and they are let go. Independent of my opinion on Manning's situation, I am not sure that precedent is a net positive. If the punishment were indefinite, it would be a more interesting case. But since it is capped already, I tend to side with the court and let the clock run out.
As an immigrant, I entirely disagree with that. I believe it's not a specific city or "war on drugs" problem.

As it was clear in the my own country (xUSSR), the criminals are developing their code, where "snitches get stiches" and any cooperation with law enforcement is forbidden by it (e.g. in a prison so called "thief in laws" won't to do any work).

The drugs, especially hard drugs and prostitution are not victimless crimes. Human traffiking is a problem, the impact of drug addicts who is looking for new dose is real.
They should add official Rust bindings.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_peer_review
> Adverse impact, problematic enough, does not imply something was made with racist intent.

It shows that the intent continues to be racist. This disparity is ongoing, not historical; if it's truly not racist, why not bring the amount of possession charges in line with usage?
Ask HN: Developers, What annoys you about security within your company?
I am curious about how security affects your team. Does it hinders you? Bugs aren't well written? Lack of knowledge and can't understand the challenges you face? I want to be more empathetic towards my developers and help make each other better.
This sort of crap happens at least 50% of the time when I get something delivered by Amazon's delivery people. Those guys are just blatantly lying about when they deliver packages, and it is getting worse not better.

Very rarely ever have any issues with FedEx, UPS, or USPS. OnTrac is pretty garbage, but still better than Amazon Logistics.
VegGoods
>This is a non-issue in practice. Just brake and don't turn the wheel.

That's really not what a driver would do. Depending on speed, setup, it risks being hit from behind, causing a pile-up, and of course being forced forward (by the car behind you hitting you) and hitting the 10 year old...

Not to mention the chances of hurting/killing the passengers of your own car if you just break suddenly, as opposed to swerving...
If it's not a strong hash and the protocol doesn't include salting, it's not impossible. Rainbow tables exist. And they really only need to find a collision. Wi-Fi protocols, especially WEP, have had vulnerabilities similar to this before. Similar in the sense that if you sniffed enough traffic you could figure out the password (don't recall the specific mechanisms - but this could be one).
Millennials Are the Lonely Generation
Climate change likely to increase human exposure to toxic methylmercury
Vedius Pollio and the Lampreys
Tim Berners-Lee, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Pinker and Richard Dawkins are all well-respected, although you might not agree with everything they have to say. And scientiests _are_ raising the alarm, except politicians are ignoring them, especially on the Right, which I find particularly depressing since I consider myself Right Wing.
I don't think the collosus at Bletchley is actually original. IIRC, most of the working big machines at Bletchley were reproduced from memory (story goes that all the machines and plans were destroyed after the war because it was "too dangerous" to have them fall into the wrong hands) by the retired telephony engineers who worked on the originals as a sort of hobby club for retirees.

There was a full time guy named Tony Sale who I think organized these efforts who would be there hacking away on stuff and was happy to talk about all of it...
Maybe I miss something here, but:

Someone replied to "The public position of the Republican Party is that climate change is a myth" with a link to their web platform stating something different.

I think it's not really fair to counter that by quoting Trump and closing with the assumption of bad faith.
Very interesting article on the economics of MoviePass [1]

[1] http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2018/05/user-and-subscri...
Congrats Vlad + team!