skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There is a critical difference between Esperanto and Interslavic. Esperanto is meant for communication between Esperanto speakers. Interslavic, on the other hand, is meant to be understandable for Slavs who haven't actually learned it. In other words, the success of Interslavic cannot only be judged by the number of people who learnt it. Basically, one speaker is enough to serve an entire audience, one translator is enough to serve all Slavic readers. Creating a community of Interslavic speakers has never been the primary purpose of creating the language.
Hey! You! Schedule a visit with a dermatologist today.

The appointment takes about 20 minutes, and they do a great thorough check of all your moles and other skin irregularities. If you go once a year or so, they'll almost certainly catch anything that needs to be removed before it gets deadly.

Two stories:

First, a close friend of mine ignored a skin irregularity for years and years until he had to have his entire thumb amputated. Unfortunately, the melanoma had already spread, and now he's a terminal patient (although a few clinical trials have helped extend his life beyond the initially predicted timeline!).

Second, my business partner goes in to get his skin checked every year. The dermatologist caught an irregular mole, confirmed it was cancerous, but because of how soon it was caught, the doctor removed it, and he hasn't had any other signs of cancer since.
I know there's a prompt for canvas, but it doesn't seem to work for webgl. On a fresh install with fingerprint resistance enabled, webgl fingerprinting appears to work fine[1].

[1] https://browserleaks.com/webgl
The design of technology shapes how people use it.
A few years ago, as a hobby project, I designed a programming language and wrote an interpreter for it in Java. (I've never released it or shared it with anyone; I was never quite happy with it and eventually moved on to other things.) As you can imagine, an interpreted language with the interpreter written in Java is going to be rather slow to start.

So, I implemented exactly the solution you describe here. I made my interpreter run as a daemon and listen for requests on a Unix domain socket (with a custom binary protocol). I then wrote a client in C, which opened that Unix domain socket and sent it a script to run. The C program also redirected stdin/stdout/stderr to/from the interpreter through the Unix domain socket, if connected to a tty it could switch to/from raw mode, it notified the server if certain signals occurred, etc. Using the interpreter this way, startup time was a lot faster. This approach can be applied to any language which supports runtime evaluation of code.
At Remind we operate one of the largest SMS delivery systems out there. We also have a 140 character limit, reserving 20 characters for the handle/class name.

In aggregate, having the limit is a cost decision. We absolutely can and do send messages longer than 140 characters. But we make a best effort to limit it to a single SMS segment. If some are over, oh well.
Putting l10n/i18n data inline is generally not a pleasant experience, and this problem persists regardless of what serialization format you are using. Either have separate data files per-locale that are merged with the defaults or store the localized strings in a central location (ala your usual gettext setup).
In Czech, some "y" vs. "i" can't be deduced. Schoolchildren need to drill the words that use "y". Similarly to what "ѣ" had with бѣдный блѣдный бѣлый бѣсъ, except our thing doesn't even rhyme :)
(Not that I'm complaining. As you note, English is vastly worse in this regard.)
I seem to remember that one of the pro-Brexit arguments was to "retain sovereignty" for parliament which, rather ironically, doesn't seem very keen on the idea at all.
I believe this comment is causing the HN comments page to display wider than usual (on a laptop, with chrome)
Why not use a “stream” of objects?

{"cmd": "git checkout", "when": 1234}
{"cmd": "vagrant up", "when": 4567}

Not sure about other languages and libraries, but Go supports this out of the box[1]. And while we're at it, why not CSV? That can be processed with awk.

#cmd,when
"git checkout","1234"
"vagrant up","4567"

[1]: https://play.golang.org/p/sTN9z4Kv3DB
Samarium Hexaboride is an insulator and a metal at the same time (2015)
Have you never seen anyone super stoned before? What studies do you even need beyond that? Yeah there is a scale before people shouldn't be driving, and this device will help enforce that line. It may take time and work, but better than nothing.
There's a subtle difference between sorting based on priority and compiling facts to suit a narrative. If you start with a narrative, you will fall prey to things like confirmation bias. There's nothing wrong with prioritizing the most important information, but it's very bad to say "today I am going to prove that XYZ" before going around prioritizing all the facts that would make XYZ seem real. It's a fine line between journalism and opinion pieces.

To get a better perspective of this, imagine a reporter that earnestly believed something you disagreed with. You'd probably want them to stick to the facts instead of tying every world event to their favorite policy.
The first argument, about YAML security, isn't valid; YAML is hardly the only format whose parsers have admitted deserialization vulnerabilities (they're endemic in Java; Rails had this problem with XML, and even before ROP-style deserialization was a thing, XML was getting applications owned up through external entity definitions).

Format aside, no matter which you choose, you have to pick library interfaces that don't deserialize to arbitrary, constructed objects.
We look back at the suburbanization of America with such regret, but looking at these pictures, it’s hard to imagine sticking it out in these cities during that time.

I question how anyone who was alive back then would want to return to this. Compare today to the 70s—an era with high inflation and unemployment—you’d think that generation would marvel at how low the cost of environmental protection has been. Yet, it seems it’s the younger generations who are most concerned with the environment.
There are many things wrong with the EU, but the stuff the UK complains about are entirely self-inflicted.
Your use of the word "opposition" is confusing because in the UK that would mean the party not in power, it wouldn't mean people in the same party.
Dirty tricks 6502 programmers use
Do you get the user to choose? Great, now the UI is 2x more complex.

Do you just go with what the browser or client locale says? (User lives in Canada but their laptop is set to Turkish locale).

Go with the locale tied to the geo location of the user instead? (User above stubbornly enters all amounts using Norwegian conventions after completing high school in Norway).

If it's important, a confirmation page presented to the user and formatted in their presumed locale can help a lot.
Who knows why it happens. The point being that in poorer neighbourhoods it very likely will, and many of the "just bill for it" approaches simply compound the underlying poverty problem.

Much the same way as such neighbourhoods are already food and retail deserts either because direct risks of operation are too high, or because insurers and/or banks won't back or support ventures there.

Paul Baran, co-inventer of packet-switched networking, wrote about the underlying problem in the 1960s:

https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3780.html (footnote, p. 7)
It probably helps that quite a lot interesting mathematics is the result of figuring out exactly why something doesn't work.
Interesting. I've got a feeling early stages of tech hiring pipelines are very poorly optimized at the minute; it's something I'm working on. Individual experiences help; thank you.
I did a research about a month ago and was very disappointed. Basically, outside BerkeleyDB and Firebase semi-embedded mode (since it is still not fully embedded) we're on our own.

From then on, you can just use BoltDB or its successor(s) if you don't care about SQL. Which I do, and you seem to as well.

At this point I am thinking of developing an Elixir wrapper for sqlite that can also do a best effort strong-typing and be done with it. It seems sqlite made many developers complacent, but then again, the raging consumerism and micro-management economy we live in worldwide does not exactly encourage tinkering and OSS contributions.
There was a great iOS game back in the day called "One Single Life" or some such. The game had you jump between buildings, and if you ever fell to your death, well then the app stopped working completely. Back then the device id was accessible so you couldn't even reinstall it iirc. It was a great experience to play a game where failure had a real consequence.
I’m sure we could’ve had cleaner air and water with manufacturing jobs.

However, we sent many of those jobs to Mexico and China where they have fewer environmental and safety regulations.

We gutted blue collar jobs and created the current populist environment because we didn’t want to pay fair wages.

In addition, the large increase in pollution and CO2 in China (largest producer by far) is because Europe and the US exported steel mills, factories, etc.
Does it really matter who leaked them if content is true?
Wow argh looks great! I'll definitely try swapping one of my tools to argh
The article says these aren't the worst case scenarios.

>this is the most realistic assessment of what the public face with no deal. These are likely, basic, reasonable scenarios — not the worst case."
I don't understand how that statement is disingenuous. It's completely true that smog, air quality, etc. were bigger problems before the establishment of the EPA and the passage of the Clean Air Act. There's a reason the EPA was established, and I think it is naive to claim that local
stopgap legislation could have addressed the national/international problem, especially since they had failed to do so before the establishment of the EPA.

Pollution specifically is an economic issue that involves heavy externalities, so I believe it requires at least some centralized regulation to address. Of course, there's inefficiencies in government bureaucracy, and we should seek to eliminate inefficiencies when we find them. But I don't know if I'm willing to risk the climate where I live to local governments halfway across the country (or world).
A productivity tool must be judged by how the average person actually uses it, not by how an ideal user might.
US Federal Program Would Help Cities Tear Down Highways
This isn't the worst case scenario document. That hasn't been leaked yet.
ok well maybe I just don't feel comfortable walking around where everyone has a gun and could kill me for any reason possible or by accident, even if it's very unlikely. I'll take my risk management strategy to heart and you take yours. Also, what's with the constant mass shootings in the US? Doesn't seem to be a problem anywhere else and it doesn't seem to be a downward trend, so again, risk management.

There are idiots everywhere, I just prefer to be surrounded by idiots without guns than idiots with.
> slow but inexorable yielding of power to unelected officials of the E.U.

...despite the fact that no EU rules can go into force in any EU state without that state passing a law to make it happen within its borders.

And despite the rather pointless European Parliament, the real decisions are made by the elected heads of member state governments, when they meet as the European Council.

So after Brexit the new boss will precisely be identical to the old boss.

But sure, why not believe that the 350 mil a week is being stolen by a bunch of offshore bureaucrats.
>and does not reflect the preparations spearheaded by Johnson that are now underway.

All the more reason to be alarmed. The guy seems like a complete loose cannon - more likely to cause additional chaos that help.

Really starting to wonder whether this isn't one big geopolitical campaign to short an entire country.
They are surmountable if one of the cultures changes. There are cultures that think things we find deplorable are okay.
I’m hoping some jerk complains about this new trend so I can point out that haiku was invented in the 1600s.
The younger generation will have to suffer longer than the older one.
I have often wondered how history might have been different if the moon were covered in greenery and blue oceans. Since we can see the moon's shapes and craters with our naked eyes, I imagine that we might have seen weather features and clouds too. I wonder how human history might have gone if we could see a changing, living world up there every night.
The US spends $1.8B a day on defense?

Obviously I knew the budget was larger than any other nation, but this does put it into perpective.
I get that quantum computer can run faster with more states. But can someone with quantum computing experience explain how quantum computer can address exponential computation? Does it reduce exponential computation into polynomial?

My answer to the above question is no. Assuming a quantum computer has 10 states. Its running time for exponential algorithms is still exponential. A simple example: 2^10 is about 10^3. Still exponential.
Indeed. A recent poll was quoted on yesterday's "Any Questions?" show on BBC Radio 4 by a Brexiteer, which apparently asked the public "should MPs represent their own views or those of their constituents?". Some small number of voters - I forget, but it was around 7% - thought they should represent their own views and the rest thought those of their constituents. This was, in the Brexiteer's view, evidence that MPs delaying Brexit in any form was anti-democratic given that 52% voted for "it" (where "it" was sadly not defined).

Thing is, we elect MPs exactly so they can express their views in parliament. They're supposed to be experts, or at least they are given resources to consult experts on matters that affect their constituents. They are resolutely not for representing their constituents' views - that's why they publish a manifesto of what they want to do and we are asked to vote on it every 5 years. Of course, part of an MP's job is to consult their constituents, but they are not bound whatsoever to represent the majority view of their constituents. Apparently 93% of the public apparently don't understand this; the same public that were asked to decide whether to stay in the EU or not...
This close interconnection of countries is one of the main points and goals of the EU.

We should always remember why it was made, coming out of two horrible wars and after hundreds of years of smaller wars - not (only) to make life a little easier, not to redistribute money and not to boost economies, but to make wars impossible as much as can be done by interweaving their economies and citizens.

In regards to this point, project EU has been highly successful. We're now far enough removed from these wars and most witnesses dead that we have to actively work on keeping the memory and reason alive.

Our thoughts and dreams seem to become smaller somehow, lately. I hope it will not take another massive disaster to change that.
I thought ahachete meant that a database backup is atomic, i e. it will only contain fully completed transactions. The problem with data split across databases then is that transactions don't span multiple databases, so you can't get an atomic snapshot of data spanning multiple databases.

Are you saying that even a single-database backup is not atomic?
I prefer a small factor notebook (or netbook if they become relevant again) with as long battery life as I can find. As soon as the smartphone breaks down I pull out the compact laptop and do what I need to do. I haven't seen any reason to do anything else that isn't a hyperspecific kludge. Especially when you are issued a work laptop.
These photos were taken almost thirty years afterwards. So either their attempts to fix the rampant pollution was an abject failure or it was lipservice.

Local governments are not immune to corruption either, especially when business incentives tend to have even stronger local ties. Plus, what if a city decides to be negligent and not fix the problem in the first place? What if that city's pollution starts crossing state lines? etc

This isn't something that can just be outsourced to local governments especially when there's plenty of evidence that they failed to control the problem.
After leaving, the UK will be in a weak negotiating position. Recession is almost certain, and even using an existing trade deal like CETA as a basis will take multiple years to negotiate because of the current UK red lines, like controlling their own immigration policy.

Canada had to adjust their immigration policy for several EU countries to get CETA. The UK will be over a barrel and will have to make major concessions.

Whether you're pro EU or not this situation is a total balls-up.
> Is it really violent content when you're dealing with space ships with no humans or animals on board?

If you are referring to the game example given some posts above: "Killing" means that the respective object was alive before - a property that a space ship with no living beings onboard does not have. So the respective author named and labelled the video improperly.
If you want to point fingers at you prices, look at nvidia. You are overlooking the fact that the 5700xt is on par with the 2070s yet costs $100 less, and is on an expensive new 7nm process with gddr6. It's also a completely new architecture. Meanwhile turing is essentially just a rehash of the 1xxx series with some gimmicky rtx crap shoved onto the die.

Polaris was super cheap because it was based on the 7850 and 7870. It's a 7 year old core that was easy to manufacture.

I bet we will see price drops as the process matures and gddr6 goes down in price.

Nvidia on the other hand is gouging customers to death with their rtx line.
Good point. I am presuming the test suite is comprehensive. Does it cover 100% of all JSON mines? Probably not. But it surfaced about 30 bugs in my own implementation - things I would have never dreamed of.

So it certainly helped me. And just based on how thorough and insane the test suite is, I think I'm in good hands. Not perfect hands - but definitely a million times better than anything I would have come up with on my own.

The test suite made my parser blow up many times, and for each blow up I got to make a conscious decision in my bugfix: how do I want to handle this?

(I decided to let the 10,000 depth nested {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{"key","value"}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} guy blow up even though it is legal. Yes, I'm too lazy to implement my own stack.) :-)
I like it. Maybe because it's explicit. I never liked the old % style. I may switch to f-strings one day. So much for "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."
> UK govt doubled down on stupid

Seeing all that happen, I'm convinced we should abolish voting. Instead of voting for prime minister, etc. they should be chosen at random from the general population the same way we do jury duty. Monte Carlo government. It can't be any worse than the current government and since it's random selection you can't have the process corrupted.
Whether vaccines work or not may have a scientific answer, but it is still up to individuals to choose to use them for themselves.

Similarly, people make the individual choices to purchase an apple or invite someone into their home.

EU participation is just this choice at scale, and the British people have every right to vote on it directly.
The main problem with Russian is that Russia/the USSR have been trying to impose it as a lingua franca in Central and Eastern Europe, and failed. Most people in those countries simply won't accept it.
Besides, Russian is a complex language, with lots of elements that are different from other Slavic languages. Most people who haven't learned it won't understand it either.
If the UK wants more time, they should just revoke article 50 and then activate it again later on. I don't understand this whole "will the EU grant an extension?" business.
Exactly what Farage was doing on the night of the vote.
I have heard Satoshi's coins cannot actually be moved now because of the way they were mined.
Jacob Rees-Mogg's father actually wrote a book called "The Sovereign Individual: The Coming Economic Revolution and How to Survive and Prosper in It"
There is no viable roadmap that includes fossil fuels.
I usually have video off during phone screens. Do you require them on?
Whether the previous government (same party, same Parliament, same mandate, same objective) is “the opposition” is debatable.

It’s not Labour. It’s not Remainers. Both governments want a deal with the EU. It’s unclear if the minister who leaked that document voted for the existing Deal (several ministers voted against their own government).
It's probably the same as when US army evaluates catastrophic scenario that Canada, Mexico or Belize invade USA (or the other way round). There are probably 10 similar scenarios ranging from Brexit net-positive and rebirth of UK empire dominating inept EU down to loss of Scotland/North Ireland and economic collapse, which is what government should do anyway. I guess there's nothing else to write about in the newspapers during summer...
It boils down to your opinion on https://farawayproject.org/, under which they operate. I thought faraway is a great idea, but maybe it's just another clever tax loophole.
Why are Griddy customers getting charged so much to power their homes?
things as important as democratic representation and national sovereignty should require the support of the people, they can be informed by experts, but should not have their decisions made by experts when it comes to peaceful self-determination
This is how international trade works. It's intimately intertwined with diplomacy and each party will play according to its own interests, related or not.

Just like Russia could say "no gas for you" if you make too much of a fuss about what happened in Crimea.

Now if the UK's view of its own future diverges from the EU, it's totally normal to see complications appear during negotiations.
The officials in the EU are just as elected as the officials of the UK. They voted for someone to vote for them. Similar to multiple other countries.
This article has some interesting tips and useful encouragement but the system it outlines has a glaring hole: there is no objective feedback loop based upon outcomes back to the interviewer. The author appears to encourage that interviewers seek feedback, but the message is not to look for data but sentiment:

“One way you can tell you’re proficient is that recruiters and hiring managers try to find ways to include you in their interview loops because they know you’ll both get the candidate excited and be able to assess their work fairly, even if they take an unusual approach.”

If recruiters and hiring managers want you on a panel, it signals that you’re unlikely to disrupt their pipelines by rejecting candidates. This is especially true for high-growth companies (e.g. Twitter where ICs would do 8 onsites a week; I did 5 per week for years). They like you not because you’re proficient but because you’re aligned.

Is it possible to be aligned and “wrong” ? Of course! Invariably, gluttonous hiring practices result in the need for “bar raisers” to restore consistency, entire teams with no real focus, and an explosion of communication channels. Hypergrowth is cancerous. And if everybody is in it together, nobody will be hold another accountable.

This article outlines very little about proficiency and a lot about how to brainwash new grads into believing alignment itself with a recruiting process is a very special skill. Seek evidence about real outcomes instead. Do your own critical thinking.