skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This project is older (2011) than the Web Speech API.

(However, one of the scenarios for a version 2.0 was to implement the same API, additionally to the 'native' one, to be used as a fallback solution. While I actually had implemented this already, I don't think it may be that useful, while it increases file size quite a bit.)

Edit: Viable points for this may be still a) reliable performance and interaction, and b) known voices (even, if they are a bit robotic), c) use in offline applications. Using an analyser node for animations may be yet another.
A chain of video rental stores in the US

edit: US and elsewhere

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_LLC
Off the Tracks: A Final Cut Pro X Documentary
Well, practically it is for the caller to decide, you can `await` on a function (use it as if it were sync), or don't, grab it's `Future<something>` result and work with that (async).

Now `async`, you could see it as an implementation detail that you need in order to get much better performance...
Bloomberg used to me a good publication now its tied to hip to its founder's ideology. Him being a politician with Presidential aspirations, Bloomberg has taken a turn for worse. Divestment is not going to "clean-up" the environment. Its a tool of "do something" or virtue signaling crowd. Unfortunately, Mr. Bloomberg has a fortune to make investments in hard-science and safer power generation -- but it won't provide bang for the buck for his Political ambitions.

All we are getting from this disinvestment crowd is corporate green-washing as if we do not have enough of it.
In my experience having a baby cost very little. There's an initial outlay for crib/buggy/etc, but you don't need to buy new - and if you have family nearby you probably can mostly use hand-me-downs (we did). Dunno where you live, but doctor visits for kids are free in a lot of Europe. Also - breastfeed!
Generating Music with WaveNet and SampleRNN
I've played with some tech demos that used electrostatic stiction (I may be remembering the name wrong) to create friction on a glass touch panel.

The high voltage needed makes it a no go for most/all portable devices.

I played with some other "cl controllable friction" tech but don't remember the basis of it. Iirc one actually made small indentations in the screen to simulate buttons. Had a bunch of limitations, I think the button placement was baked in at time of manufacturing, but it's been awhile and I don't trust my memory on the topic.
I'm surprised they didn't go Aaron Swartz on him.
Entire industries are, or at least used to be pre-internet, dominated by "cowboys" - this sort of big job which a customer will only ever buy once a decade is ripe for it. They do the minimum they can to avoid getting actually sued most of the time. Sometimes they "phoenix" a company to ditch a bad reputation and even bad debts.
This is how a world where everyone is becoming middle class looks. It will chafe here and there, but it's basically a wonderful thing that poverty is disappearing.

And if you think tourist spots are crowded now, wait until the UBI society arrives :)
I first looked at the title and expected a acutal native app but I saw this in the README.md.

> This is a GUI built with ElectronJS for the Monday project.

One thing I know about these apps is that a 'Native Electron app' is most definately an oxymoron. :)
From what I've seen nuclear is clearly the best option at first. Once there are enough people you could get an industrial infrastructure capable of making batteries and solar PV on Mars, negating the transport cost factor.
Well the fact that he uses WGET on a remote server means that its a static ip in a DC most probably. Which means its allot easier to track him.
Also considering the amount of pages i go through i would rather have no internet then have to wait for a email for ever page i want to use. Then also half the pages wont work because of no JS.
MitM can imply modification as well as eavesdropping. Meddler in the Middle makes more sense.
Wouldn’t you typically have to also use Nem-ID to log in to some new service?

Nem-ID is a central login system, where you get mailed a physical printout of keys that act as two-factor authentication across financial and other services (at least that’s how it was, I think some new system is underway).

I.e the cpr number on its own is not valuable without the login info for services that use nem-Id.

The system seemed to work pretty well and I’m surprised to not see it more widespread.
It might be as an indirect result of climate risks, but the main reason is because they fear government regulation.
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>If you have 7 billion people that take two two week package holidays per year the planet will collapse

Slightly disagree with this. There's a lot of places where tourism should happen but doesn't. I've known a few people who raved about Syria, now obviously that's out of the question for tourists. Lots of African countries would make great tourist destinations but aren't safe enough to visit. In a world where every single person is able to take a two week holiday each year, we probably won't have as many poverty-stricken areas which aren't safe to visit.

Pollution caused by actually getting to places is another issue, but one that's slowly being solved.
I love everything you said. Though I expect to find this aspect easier to me, I'm worried about my wife. Thanks for the honest advice though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_LLC

A now-defunct chain of video rental stores.
The people taking crazy pills are the one's suggesting it just says "Service" rather than not knowing if the battery is genuine.
What if you let the battery get wet/warm when replacing? Should the software trust that you replaced it correctly?
How would your average person go about identifying and arranging a trip to areas that would be meaningful to them but aren't popular?
The missing CSS-like module for SwiftUI
Why Is Mojeek Different?
"The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his inheritance in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB."

A bunch of dorks get online and talk about fandom stuff and it's all just playing around until Pepe contacts the KGB. So... uhh... that like... actually happened.

Reality generally requires surrealist fiction to capture. It's too weird for conventional narratives.
(On Kitec)

> Class action lawsuits were filed in Canada and the US and recalls began in 2005. IPEX, the manufacturer, and its insurer deny that the system is defective but agreed to a $125 million settlement.

.. ouch.
Spreadsheet I use to run my startup using the EOS System
It's not a screenshot app.
Last Podcast on the Left is a great series on cults and serial killers, they cover some of the best stories in history:

https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/

Here's one on the Order of Solar Temple (3 parts)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-341-order-sola...

(skip their alien and conspiracy stuff which they mostly do jokingly or any of their "side story" stuff which is always filler)
>and this is shareholders saying they expect the future expected dividends of environmentally unfriendly companies to be lower than previously expected.

And on the other end it's new shareholders (buyers) saying they expect the dividends of environmentally unfriendly companies to be higher than previously expected. How does it net out?
True, but at least there is no magic in using callbacks. It is clear what is going on.
Its also life-or-death for much of the game industry. The same way most restaurants and fast food chains wouldn't be able to exist without "cheap tricks" targeting primitive brain circuity (e.g. MSG, sweeteners, frying), most game studios would not be able to survive based on box sales alone. They need a skinner-box to extract more money out of people. Creating a game that is compelling enough to extract ever-increasing value out of people based on content, quality, and narrative alone is extremely difficult. Making a "random loot box" system is extremely easy and pays far more, even though its the "easy way out".
Of course, like fast food and cigarettes / drugs, the consumers also bear responsibility. Rather than supporting "clean" games with something noble to offer, the games that exploited these tricks virtually printed money, while the "old timey" approach of spending years making a quality title gave way to the more casino-like interactions we see today. The truth is fast food, drugs, and gambling are just more fun than home-cooked nutritious meals, healthy habits, and deep/challenging engagement.

Pretty much everything fits these patterns of reduction to the basic animalistic appeal: movies, music, clothing/attire, dating apps, even our politics. Its just easier and more effective to appeal to the limbic system than to figure out something new and profound.
I don't understand why you're accusing me of being irrational. These seem like very rational problems to have with Python. They literally caused me bugs that cost me time to deal with that I wouldn't have faced in other languages.

You're also assuming that I don't have the same problems with Ruby or JavaScript. I do. The exact same critique could be made of them as well, but they're not the subject of this thread; Python is.
I am going to have schoolchildren soon. Looks like the whole world doubles/triples the prices for these shorts periods when German schoolchildren have vacation. Forget cheap flights, cheap hotels, off-season empty famous places. My colleague was repeating f-words recently, because due to school he can go home to Philippines only during rain season. It’s time to look for some new exotic, unknown for tourists destinations.
And drownings coming out of India.
> Glen Onko

Oh goddammit, I went there when I was a young child and always wanted to go back but didn't know the name (and my parents forgot.) Now I finally learn the name and find out I can't go back..
Back in my day we had to walk 20 miles to get to school -- uphill both ways!

As if the only way to gauge quality is to forever compare to the technologies of the past. Python was a great improvement on its peers in its heyday, but people, technologies and philosophies have changed since its inception and there is nothing wrong with wanting something more. That's how progress is made.
Newbie question: For porting to Linux, can't you just remove (#ifdef out, or something) the pledge and unveil calls? You would no longer get the guarantees, but aren't these similar to assertions in that once you have a well-tested program you can have some certainty that you wouldn't violate the pledges?
> I still don't think you quite understand what's going on here. Python wouldn't create a new variable in this case. I It would re-assign the value represented by the variable you already assigned once.

Uh. no. he typoed the reassignment, so it wouldn't re-assign the value.

> So, of three of the most popular dynamic languages, Python, Ruby, and Javascript, none of them would have helped you catch this kind of error at script-parsing time. So again, it seems like you have an irrational dislike for Python, all things considered.

Sure, but he's made it clear he likes Java. Fundamentally he's against dynamic typing, so of course he doesn't like any of the dynamic languages.
From Wikipedia:

> Tourism accounted for more than 10% of Iceland's GDP in 2017.

That doesn't sound like a tourist-only country.
I loved Ruby, but unfortunately it didn't hold on to any kind of "killer app" role after Rails clones showed up in other language. I've switched to Elixir/Phoenix in that space and not looked back.

With the rise in ML and data science over the past years, Python finally has a killer app that no other scripting languages come close to touching. I migrated completely from Ruby when I started dabbling in ML, Pandas, etc.
I've never moved from it. I never got the point of any other dependency management tool.

The one large problem of those are forgetting about activating a venv, so I get I'll spend some time learning how to use direnv from aequitas advice.
>The license costs $550, according to the TLC website. After getting a license, a driver needs to get their van insured, which can cost around $15,000 a year, Clarke and several van drivers told the Eagle.

Well no wonder there's many unlicensed vans. They way the incentives are set up they may as well print "don't even bother" at the top of the license form in big bold letters.

With those kinds of costs in addition to the cost of running the van you'd be making pennies. Run unlicensed and on normal insurance (or better yet, read the statutes and figure out where the risk/reward sweet spot is) and you'd save a ton of money. If you don't have a lot of money or a legitimate business that needs protecting then it's a no brainier.

Edit: Down-voting me won't make running above the table any more financially attractive. If the insurance made financial sense the state wouldn't need to force them to get it or at the very least it would not be the owner's primary gripe. Most small businesses love to advertise their credentials and how insured they are. Every other business complains about labor cost and regulation. These guys are complaining about insurance. That should be a massive tip off that something is wrong.
Related HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20636152
That is right. And while it theory having a separate executor (eg in the futures lib) and IO providers (timers, sockets) in another lib works it will in practice never be as efficient as having an integrated system like Tokio. The reason for that is that decoupled solutions can’t integrate the reactors in the same eventloop and there is always extra synchronization and thread hopping involved. The difference can be huge, eg 50% less throughout on a server.
Apparently 5 millions of americans already work as digital nomads
All statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.
What's the alternative? Experiencing the culture in a more organic way requires time (and sometimes resources, e.g. language training) that your average person doesn't have. It seems to me that observing the cultural highlights is the best compromise that most people have access to.
I think you're roughly right, though I shy away from "intuitive" since it can come across as excluding people who haven't learned certain things yet.

What I've observed is that a lot of learning programming is about becoming comfortable with thinking of more and more concepts as first-class entities. Turning larger pieces of code, procedure, and patterns into object/values you can pass around, hold, create, etc.

1. small-scale one I see a lot is that many programmers don't realize boolean expressions produce values. Instead, they think they are syntax that can only be used inside control flow statements. It is a mental leap to realize that you can go from:

if (thing == otherThing) { doStuff(); }
moreStuff();
if (thing == otherThing) { doLastStuff(); }

To:

var sameThings = thing == otherThing;
if (sameThings) { doStuff(); }
moreStuff();
if (sameThings) { doLastStuff(); }

2. In some sense, recursion is about thinking of the procedure itself as an operation you can use even while being in the middle of defining the procedure itself. The mental trick is "Assume you do already have this procedure, how could use use while defining it?"

3. Closures are another big one where you take a piece of code and turn it into a value that you can delay executing, pass to other procedures, etc.
> HN isn't reddit.

Yeah, reddit wasn't slashdot, either.

Sites change. Its the people, duh.

/off-topic

Re: the "American" part of this: guess what kids, anyone can think they know best and end up in tragedy. That's why its good to know what you're doing.

Its not just Americans who get befuddled with this, btw.

In the real world, cargo cults abound!
I recently redeemed my Amtrak points for a free ticket and then needed to change the ticket which required a phone call. The gentleman on the phone asked me for my “points PIN” that was apparently required to change any Amtrak points reservations. I had never needed to change any points reservations before so I didn’t have one.

Amtrak’s solution? I could set a PIN, right then and there, verbally with the agent over the phone. No logging into my account. No email or text message confirmation. They didn’t even ask to confirm my DoB or address. Nothing. I had only given him my reservation number.

And not 30 seconds after creating my new PIN the same agent was then able to “verify” my identity/account by asking me... for my PIN.
Sorry guys, for me this is a solid advice to increase my positions in oil, coal and nuclear ETFs. Especially if their prices drop a little.

Not that I don't care about the environment, I just don't believe that economy works "by design". We don't have better energy sources, and while this lasts, these will be profitable and expensive.
I'll just note that social/environmental funds like this generally only go for the REALLY REALLY bad folks out there that aren't supergiants.

Some of the top holdings of that fund are -
Nestle
Exxon
Johnson & Johnson
Facebook
etc etc

It's a good step but you're not actually divesting yourself from fucks like Nestle.
"Why are the wealthy so much wealthier than everyone else?

One reason is that the rich tend to store their wealth in businesses and stocks, and those in the middle class store theirs in housing."

The rich can also afford better consulting and wealth management, which further reinforces their established prosperity.
Fortify SCA supports js and typescript. I’ve been writing custom rules for it lately at work and have had great success with it. Expensive but powerful tool.
NVIXM wasn't as salacious of an organization as it has been portrayed in the media. It was a self-help organization. The leader was a loon, a non-monogamist, and built himself up as a pseudo-spiritual leader/guru. Not that it makes it right but the branding and the 'slavery' only occurred to a handful of women at the top of the organization. I don't think there was any 'sex trafficking'. Very few people saw the sexual stuff because only specific individuals were groomed to make it to that level.

The CBC produced a podcast[1] which talks with one of the women who was branded. What is intriguing is no one wants to talk bad about the teachings of the organization because they felt they got something positive out of it. But the crazy shit at the top is what crashed the organization.

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/current-affairs-informatio...
Just wanted to mention that you can selectively statically type variables with the cython library. Of course using cython also changes other things and requires compilation, but i have found that it generally just works.
I have a Kobo Glo HD with what I think is one or more IR sensors for the touchscreen. It is very sensitive, even a fly walking on the screen will activate it.

I bought an origami cover for the reader, so it can be put at an angle on the desk.

The combination of both mean that I need to turn it off, otherwise it would randomly switch pages when it is in my pocket.

I miss my first Kindle with its physical page turning buttons.
Food waste is hardly unique to developing countries though! Nearly half of all food that's produced in developed nations ends up not being eaten; it's thrown out at various points in the pipeline. From a food waste criterion, the developing world is actually much better.
If you live in America, you can travel a ton and meet tons of different people and cultures and live outside one's comfort zome IMO. There are a ton of (unfortunately underserved) reservations to visit filled with peoples coming from a completely different history and culture. One can travel to a church of a religion one doesn't follow (jewish, sikh, buddhist, pagan, catholic, muslim...), go and worship with them in their sacred holidays. If you're from west, go east, and vice versa. If you're from the north, go south, and vice versa. There's BBQ competitions and dance competitions, buffalo wings and gumbo, rodeos and derbies, BDSM meets and city halls. Volunteer at an animal shelter. Volunteer at a planned parenthood. Volunteer at a soup kitchen. Volunteer at a furry convention.

These will all broaden your horizons equally well as flying to another country. It's showing you your own country as an infinite fractal of human experience.
lm28469 is saying that sailboats do take you across seas/oceans. There are a few cruising sailboats; though they currently use wind only for extra power, I could see them selling "eco" trips where engines are only used for emergencies.
> And a future is often called "not truly a monad."

I think you've misunderstood this observation. It is possible to write a future library that gives a monad (I use such a library regularly). But the most common ones do not, because it happens to be a decent design decision in dynamically-typed languages to not quite obey the monad equations.

The next interesting monad is probably Haskell's Either (or OCaml's Result, if you're into that). It is only a slight twist on the optional monad. Where optional's None case contains no data, Either's Left case can contain data.

After the collections (list and optional), either, and future monads, the difficulty to understand useful monads without first understanding the category of monads jumps considerably. If you're interested, the next ones to look at would be the reader, writer, state, and continuation monads. There's also the classic example from Haskell, the IO monad.
This is a good sign of travel and leisure being affordable for an increasing percentage of the global population.
Regrettable for current tourist destinations that aren’t set up for the scale, but we should be happy that so many people from so many places are free to travel
All of those languages have a runtime that enables this sort of thing. That's not the case in Rust. It's a bit of an unfair thing to knock it for, given the restrictions.
But how is that the fault of Python or any particular language?
I have recently converted to 100% electric for my automated transportation.

It is delightful in every way.

Its not difficult to view ICE automobiles with much disdain.

Go Electric or GTFO.
How to handle the co-worker who is always complaining
Mirror (and paywall bypass)

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