skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Since the release of OSX 10.3, Linux has lagged when it comes to accessibility for vision impaired users (back then it didn't even have anything to offer).
I'm confused, that's the article linked
Maybe if you live in the US.
> 'Closeness' (whatever you mean by that) doesn't really imply ancestry without some hefty presuppositions

Of course it does. It doesn't prove ancestry. But genetic similarity implies proximate shared ancestry.

We can take microbes (or fruit flies), subject them to stress, let the survivors reproduce, and watch the genotypes branch into a diverse population. We can then take the observed path of genetic variation and compare it to the relative closeness of the population at the end of the experiment. That's one way we validate the statistical techniques used to relate genetic similarity to probable ancestry.
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I've never been very interested in the Bostrom view of AI, as the viewpoint there seems to come from someone fairly removed from how computer programming works. It's always felt more like an intellectual exercise rather than very grounded in practicality (but that's just my two cents).

Where I got more interested in Bostrom was some notions I heard from him (I think) on the general nature of science. I'd always assumed that learning more about how nature actually works was a strict positive, but now am convinced (more than ever) that we are just in a race to discover a technology that will harm us all (we've found some already, but who knows what worse discoveries are out there?)
She reported that her adviser fabricated data.

Thereby she's alleging her adviser fabricated data.
Are you implying that if we don't know all the details of something, then we just don't know it? That is, are you implying that if we don't know all the details about our evolution, then we should just say that we know nothing and ignore all the things we actually do know are very very likely?

That would leave you without any empirical sciences, because there has always something we do not know. When Newtonian mechanics where the best we had, they were incomplete, but they are still extremely useful even now that we know they are incomplete. All empirical sciences are essentially some theory that fits the empirical evidenc, but never completely and perfectly.

In my post I'm assuming acceptance of what is commonly accepted in the theory of evolution. If you don't accept that, there is absolutely no point in continuing this discussion.
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I guess it's also somewhat different, psychologically, when you do it intentionally, rather than having no other option than endure the storm unprotected.
Anyone who makes serious money with his notebook moved away from Apple years ago. I can't take people serious buying Macbooks in 2019 posting a rant about, oh surprise, the broken keyboard. This is a well known fact and if you don't develop for iOS there is no single reason or lock-in forcing you to use Macs.
It's not just about encryption. That is the case for Iran and some of China. For the rest it was terrible tradecraft and counterintelligence issues.
We chatted briefly at a rocket club meeting in Oakland back in 2009. Didn't know she was famous, but I soon picked my jaw up off the floor when she got talking about her latest dune racer build. She was the real deal. Rest in peace Jessi.
> If Apple releases their new Macs with an identical keyboard, then I'm ditching Macs and will pick up a Microsoft Surface Book or something similar.

Holy shit, I know you're desperate but for the sake of your sanity DO NOT buy anything from the Microsoft Surface line.

I traded my Surface Book for a Dell XPS a couple of months back and, although the Dell is far from perfect, in day to day use it's about 10000x better than the Surface. Key point: it's a tool I can rely on.

Here are some examples of Surface issues that make it a very poor choice of tool as a "daily driver" machine:

- The keyboard is crap: differently crap to the Macbook Pro, but still crap (to be fair this isn't the XPS's best feature either, but it's still better), and I found myself having to correct an unusually large quantity of typos. Layout's a bit weird as well, although you do get used to that.

- The WiFi sucks: it just drops connectivity all the damn time, or refuses to reconnect, or doesn't recognise a network, or whatever. It gets boring. Yes, I've updated the firmware. Yes, I've updated the drivers.

- The battery drains fast whilst the computer is asleep. Like between 12 and 16 hours fast. This means if you don't have a full charge at the end of the day, and you forget to plug it in overnight, it's dead in the morning. My Macbook Pros can sleep for days and wake up; likewise the XPS - no problems with sleep.

- Sometimes, even when plugged in, it wouldn't charge - no idea why. Sometimes it would charge only one of the batteries (e.g., the one in the keyboard but not the one in the screen, or vice versa) - again, no idea why. Generally required a reboot to fix the latter. I got so tired of this machine letting me down because the battery was dead (for whatever reason).

- Battery life is nowhere near advertised levels. I forget what it's supposed to be: 11 hours, 13 hours, 16 hours? It doesn't matter. If you're doing any kind of serious work you'll be luck to get 3 - 4.

- Related to the above, the fans are always running and the thing runs really hot even in cool or temperate environments.

- Dumb power supply design with too-short cables (yes, you can buy generic replacements that are longer) and a fragile connector to the machine itself.

(If the above sounds really angry it's because that computer made me really angry on a regular basis. Without doubt the worst and least reliable machine I have ever owned, with the exception of two Sinclair Spectrums back in the 1980s. Do not buy one unless you're into more creative methods of self-flagellation.)

If I had to pick a machine now because, like you, I'm not going to buy another MBP[1] unless this keyboard fiasco is sorted out, it would probably be a mid-level to high end Lenovo. They seem pretty decent and offer plenty of options for customisation, depending on which range you pick.

[1] I'm still using a 2015 model, which is doing mostly fine, although one day it will need replacing.
It's not just nice it's crucial for our survival. Keep in mind plastic can be as soft as velvet and as durable and hard as diamonds. No other material does that and that allow us to make things that would be impossible otherwise. We simply have no alternatives to them yet.

The unaccounted externalities are that fossil fuel and thus ex. plastic makes modern life possible with everything from increased age, to the ability to cure the sick, to lowered childbirth, to increased living standards, food production, cleaner environments and so on.

Of course there are negative externalities too and we need to deal with them but all in all plastics and thus fossil fuels improve our lives tremendously IMO.

Ironically the problem the modern society is facing is how to deal with abundance rather than scarcity.
How do they know that these bars don't have 10% tungsten content deep inside? Have they drilled them?
No, sorry, I was unclear. I do see the need for a dashboard (at work), just not for monitoring the things this one offers. And for my private workstation, which I was thinking of when posting before, I don't see the need.
We made a similar service called Porter[1] that people could subscribed to HN items related to their GitHub starred repos with digest email.

[1] https://porter.io
And I have LG TV and have problem, so what, lol? "I don't want to believe they can be bad"? Muhaha!

At least try to google first how many people have issues with LG monitors.
maybe that title is better ;-)
You may enjoy my video tutorial on SIMD Intrinsics as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gs_CA_vm3o

I also use Rust but its perfectly fine for learning about intrinsics in C/C++ or .NET as well. I cover some of the fundamental strategies for using them well, how to lay out data in memory, how to deal with branches, etc.
In those cases I like to structure de "derails" too.

A problem with derail is when everybody is discussing subject X and it derails to "oranges" because someone just remembered to talk about it in that moment, and is afraid of not talking and forgeting it latter.

If the subject is "X" and it derails to "X1", well, it would be very poor management to not this discussion arise.

Participants are also responsible for keeping the subjects ordered. When preparing for a meeting (yes, everybody in the meeting should have prepared), after receiving the agenda, just see if there is some important topic that isn't covered and warn the organizer. It's very simple to update the agenda previously stating that there is one more subject.

Also, it the meeting organizer doesn't already do it, remember him to leave 10 minutes at the end to "uncovered subjects", where it will be discussed briefly (and will have it's owm meeting if necessary)
It does :)
I would love to know which features of my app are used and by how many user. But this clashes with my requirement to not have any server side service or telemetry.
> My 2015 MBP is affected by the battery recall and they want 2-3 weeks to send it off

If you really have to understand the pain, the laptops are banned in Indian flights (domestic and international)[1]. Imagine a company issued laptop not being usable at an important customer exhibition and a lag of 2-3 weeks :-(

https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/specific-model...
TIL. I'll keep that in mind for my submitions.

Thanks!
Would you rather run the risk of a car turning off on a busy highway when the communication gets interrupted for any reason whatsoever?
How do {archaeologists?, paleoanthropologists?} even know where to look for these things?

"There's a whole bunch of land, let's dig... [throws dart at map] here."
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Oh, that's why. Thanks!

Gonna fix tomorrow ASAP.
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I also wonder if some of the blissfulness is from modern amenities that protect us from storms, like strong houses or cars. It may not have been so blissful scrambling up a tree on the savanna or hiding in a cave where other predators might take refuge.

For storms this is a maybe but for bad winter weather, I think it’s likely. Hard to see why we would find winter weather calming except by contrast to safe, warm protections surrounding us. The romantic ideal of being in outer space aboard a ship like the Enterprise is similar too.
> Nobody is under any obligation to work on open source so it's peculiar that someone who chooses to do so would then complain afterwards..

Except more and more employers judge job candidates per their open source projects and contributions. It can create a positive feedback loop, where only people who can afford to work on open source projects do so, and thus get better offers in the future. While people who can't afford it will never be able to break through recruitment because of a mostly empty github profile.
With products like Swagger, I find the term ‘documentation’ a misnomer. Oh-well.
Free as in Open Source.
True, and it really shows the downside of vertical integration for users.

Tying yourself to a particular software ecosystem turns into a bit of a lottery if it means you're left with exactly one totally broken laptop keyboard option for years and years.

Even ignoring the actual brokenness, using a keyboard with very little key travel is just not everyone's cup of tea.

It really makes me think hard about whether or not I want to take this risk again, not just for laptops but for phones as well.
> quantum idiocy like Penrose in his senility.

FWIW, Penrose first posited the idea of QM having some role in consciousness about 30 years ago. I don't remember much about his argument but it seemed plausible and not easily dismissed. BTW Penrose was also a guest on the Rogan experience.

Whatever the case, we are still very very very far from understanding the brain when it comes to consciousness. There's room for people to explore possibilities.
Actually Forbes IS a blog these days. Look at the URL - anything under /sites/ is a blog post by some random guy.
My experience is totally different. I use monitors of different densities every day, and move things between them, etc. Nothing bad happens, and maximising just works.

The only bad Windows density thing I run into is when I occasionally remote desktop into Windows Server 2012, which doesn't know about HiDPI or resolution changes, so if it starts on the wrong screen everything is hilariously tiny. That's fixed in more recent Windows Server versions.
Reverse racism doesn't exist. Racism is racism.
> Google's impact on the world is strongly positive.

I couldn't disagree more. Google doesn't make bazillions of dollars because they provide us with live traffic on maps. Google has significantly enabled and actively driven the mindless consume-everything-all-the-time culture with all the horrible consequences for our mental-health and the environment.

The world would be a much better place without the ones like Google, Facebook and Amazon.
Interesting, I didn't know that. Your first link pertains to diesel, as far as I can tell the EPA instituted the 10 ppm limit for gasoline in 2017

The limit was 50 ppm and 10 ppm in the EU in 2005 and 2009, respectively according to your [1].

I've got an N53 engine[1] which was introduced in 2006. This[1] page shows it and a few other BMW engines weren't sold in North America for fuel quality reasons.

As far as comparing long-term reliability numbers it amounts to the same thing. US numbers can't be trusted for EU consumers. We've got 10 years of data at 10 ppm, the US just 2 years.

But the main reason I'd distrust it is consumer bias. As shown in [2][3] BMW is as common in Germany as Nissan and Honda in the US. I live in The Netherlands where it's about as common to see a BMW (5% market share, 2% in the US).

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_in_the_United_States#Engin...

2. http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2019/01/u-s-auto-sales-brand-ra...

3. https://www.best-selling-cars.com/germany/2019-q1-germany-be...
And not just that.. they optimize sales as far as they can. Everything is in a box (no need to arrange things carefuly on shelves), huge barcodes (faster scanning), larger items on pallets (just bring a new pallet in when old one is empty), just a few people work there and do everything, etc.

They sometimes also buy everything you have to get a cheaper price (a friend of mine has a rather large vegetable farm, and they offered to buy literally all the produce to get a lower price.. he doesn't have to deal with sales that year, and they get it cheaper).

I like aldi, and buy a bunch of stuff there (i'm not sponsored by them), but at the same time, you know what you're buying - need a drill? They sell a perfectly ok one for really cheap... for a casual user, who uses a drill once every few months.

What I don't like is some other stores selling the same items (just branded differently) for 2x the price. If you need a good drill for professional use, there are just a few companies that make them good - and you probably know them all. If you need something cheap, you'll get it cheaper at a store like aldi (or lidl, or similar) than at [hardware store] under their brand, or even some reputable brands.

Stupid example:
https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/aldi-food-dehydrat...
This was sold here for 30eur at aldi.

Gorenje is/was a reputable brand here, and they sell theirs for 50eur:
https://www.mimovrste.com/susilniki-sadja/gorenje-susilnik-h...

Just look at the photos and compare.
Even the little things are inferior on the modern MBP compared to 2015. I use both and have noticed that when you plug headphones into a 2015 the switch over from (muted) speakers to mid volume headphones is instant.

On the USB-C version there is a 1.5 to 2 second lag where if you turn the volume up you'll actually be turning the volume up on the speakers because it takes that long to switch audio sources.

No longer feels like a premium machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTxcTzCJZiE
>Why is it that when someone is confident in something and chooses to donate it to the people in the face of a changing market people treat them as if they've failed?

It's because of past experience. FOSS Foundations are where code/specs are donated to die.

Not because FOSS can't create success stories, but because when a for profit company gives away proprietary specs/code as open source, it's because they see no further benefit from keeping it, and its already dying. And of course, it's precisely the company that employed people working on the thing, and who know it well - a community wont emerge from nothing.

There are counter-examples but few and far between.

Less check back on this "great future" in 5 years...
I certainly flags PhoneGap Build apps without a signing certificate. So at least you know that the malicious parties have paid some money to get a cert!
I can definitely see him becoming annoying for some contexts, but for this book I found his exciting enthusiasm perfect, reminded me of that early university/student energy.
How often do you hit your head at 30mph in the shower?

Doesn't your car have seatbelts and airbags?
There's a new LTS every two years, so I don't think things get too out of date.

Also, are you doing it by hand? Have you looked at either pkgsrc or spark.io?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pkgsrc

* https://spack.io
I am quite sure the email replies I received were from actual humans. It's been a while, about 10 years ago I think. If those were machine generated responses they were way more advanced than anything I thought existed at that time. I weaned myself off of Adsense so I am not close to it anymore. But from what I can tell now days you don't get any response at all.

With that chocolate fetish thing my thought was that the people they were using for compliance monitoring must be teenage boys with overactive hormones who see adult content in just about everything. But maybe it was actually an algorithm that matched the word "fetish" with some skin tones in a photo (there were faces afterall) and flagged it. Who knows. Who cares.
Standard Oil. It's a bit long-winded, but I recently read and would recommend "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.".

That you don't know what business Rockefeller was in would please him greatly beyond the grave. The man went to great lengths to obscure his business activities, and there was a concerted effort late in his life and by his descendants to ensure that people remembered the family for their charitable activities, and not the business activities that precipitated the largest anti-trust action in history.
Evolutionary algorithms are perhaps easier to approach theoretically. Backprop works amazingly but how does one begin to approach why. There is also an element of backprop in evolution via epigenetics
As for QuickLook on Windows I can recommend the brilliantly named "QuickLook": https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/quicklook/9nv4bs3l1h4s
And you're likely not far off.

It's a pretty well tested principle that massive familial wealth usually disappears by the 3rd or 4th generation (because the descendents regress to the norm in terms of ability) and it looks like we're seeing the same at Google.

They've got too little "real" work for the number of hands they need to keep busy, so unqualified people are going back and "improving" the work of the 1st and 2nd generation.

But because of the company's size, it can't hire high risk shoot from the hip revolutionaries (not that they'd want to work at a buttoned up Corp anyway), so it's staffed with safe employees who don't really resemble the cowboys of the 1st and 2nd generations, and hence can't improve the systems any further.

Happens to most companies beyond a certain size.
Part of the reason might be that the malware was designed to be benign and not use all available resources
These products spend years in development. They are doing something about it but it takes time. Apparently the all new designs, to start release this fall, will address many of these issues. If they don't, I to will be furious.

That said, due to the huge list of issue, I probably would have interrupted the normal design cycle and accelerated the new models. But 20/20.
EthFS, a Unix-Like Filesystem for Ethereum
Announcing EthFS, a set of smart contracts that let you host a virtual disk drive on the Ethereum blockchain!

We take advantage of Ethereum's flat storage space to construct a Unix-like inode filesystem which supports all the usual Unix goodies such as hierarchical directories, ownership, permissions and yes even hard and soft links!! Files in EthFS are also flat files, that can be truncated and appended to efficiently (so they don't have to be completely rewritten to the blockchain if you are just adding to the end). Files also support extended attributes!

Please checkout the demo at https://ethfs.org and remember for now that the library contracts have only been deployed to the testnets so you won't be able to create a disk on mainnet, yet. Please leave your feedback here, thanks in advance.

N.B. The public disks on the testnets have rwxrwxrwx permissions so anyone may create files or directories in the root directory. If you set the appropriate permissions on your files and directories they won't be able to be removed by others.
You misunderstood: the manager should be moved as punishment for them being stupid and screwing a subordinate. And yes, the move happens ASAP.
The Surface line touchpads are the closest I've seen so far.
I have on several occasions run out into the weather, to experience first-hand the raw elemental power of a storm. It is an utterly exhilarating and awe-inspiring experience. It's a shame that where I live, weather systems are rarely energetic enough to develop into severe thunderstorms. On the other hand I'm glad we don't have hurricanes or tornados…
https://github.com/google/brain-tokyo-workshop/tree/master/W... to me, this is the really interesting part of the article. NEAT (neuro-evolution of augmenting topologies) is an algorithm for GANN. For those who are looking to implement the algorithm from scratch, see http://nn.cs.utexas.edu/downloads/papers/stanley.ec02.pdf for hours of fun.
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> The CEO of a software company I worked for having an affair with his secretary.

Why do you think you have a right to talk about other peoples sex lives?

You even sound like you want to manage by force (hard or soft) other peoples sex lives within your moral code.

Not sure of your point exactly but it seems to be to me a complete absence of ethics really.

Quite a horrifying one in a world with a past and present of people being persecuted because of their sex lives.
Fix Outlook error “the operation failed when selecting manage rules and alerts”
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> I'm waiting for Microsoft to piggy back telemetry on DNS requests or use some other method that is indistinguishable from an Advanced Persistent Threat. It's just a matter of time, mark my words.

Wait until DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) takes off so it will be impossible to have any visibility into the track.

Paul Vixie, no DNS dummy he, thinks DoH is really, really dumb and is totally against it AFAICT. He's okay with DNS-over-TLS because it's a more service specific protocol and not piggybacking over something else.
That’s a retrospective look. That was not what happened in the early 2000s and is not why ITER stalled. ITER stalled because the US pulled out. You can’t change history to fit a narrative.
Could I ask you some more questions about day-to-day Google over email? It's wonderful to hear about.
I really like it. I'm a node dev, I immediately understood what it does. Feels good.

Can you let me resize the columns? I had to zoom out to 80% to see what was going on.