skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That makes sense. Especially if you're not farming big flat fields, where a pickup truck and a spray rig can do the job at night.
China has limited arable land, and farms terrain no one would bother with in the US.
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I'm not from the US, and I'm shit depressed.
In go you can use scientific notation for integers

var x int = 1e9
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Hmm... do you really hardcode big numbers that often?
Which is part of the beauty of ObjC
I won’t say that’s exactly true. I know Founder’s fund have invested in a couple. I think the need for scale limits VC funded options to companies that are building things like a gambling exchange, but at that point, the funding sources might be better from quant traders/hedge funds as its closer to a capital markets type business. For instance:

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https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2019/06/27/reinventi... says they were planning in June to have a "feature-rich, polished" fennec release "this fall".

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/879 "[Meta] Fennec -> Fenix Transition" appears to say the transition will happen in Q4 2019.

The Android releases of fennec used to be updated for each Firefox release, but moved to ESR with the most recent ESR release. I think that means that since then nobody has been keeping the Android port working as changes come in (but ESRs are supported for a year or more, so maybe I'm wrong to think that the date of the next ESR release is relevant).

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574
is about web-extension support; the recent updates say:

« Product is looking into feasibility »
« Tentatively adding needs:gv label until we know what additional GV work will be needed to support general purpose extensions. »

The issue is labelled 'Feature:FennecTransition' and 'feature request'. It isn't labelled 'should', and some other 'Feature:FennecTransition' issues are.

It isn't clear to me whether they're planning to release a new version of "Firefox" on Google Play that uses the fenix codebase, or release fenix as a separate app and declare that the fennec one is obsolete.

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/879 and
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/934
have some interesting hints, but I can't tell what they've decided.
Swifts (the ancestors of hummingbirds) are pretty cool birds of course -- e.g. european species such as common and alpine are extremely fast and elegant flyers -- in particular though I always find it interesting to see the way some swift species will flutter briefly by flowers in treetops. It definitely makes you wonder whether that behavior was present in the swift-hummingbird ancestor (I haven't looked into whether anyone has mapped that behavior onto a swift phylogeny -- let me know if you know!)
This is actually referring to different species of grapes, and has nothing to do with winemaking technique or prowess.

Virtually every type of "quality wine" that is consumed in the world comes from the old world species vitis vinifera. This includes basically every variety you've heard of: Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Merlot, just to name a few French varieties (but the same applies to Italian, Spanish, German, etc. wines). Any American winemakers making those kinds of wines (and I agree that many New World wines go toe-to-toe with the best France has to offer!) are using grape vines that were originally imported from Europe.

In addition, there are several species of grapes that are native to North America, the best known of which is probably the Concord grape. Unfortunately, due to their flavor profiles these species don't tend to be used for winemaking (one exception being Manischewitz and other sweet ritual wines). However, they have a natural resistance to phylloxera, which saved vitis vinifera from decimation and likely extinction through the grafting technique.
Gold is up affected by the trade war,B rexit jitters, and the dollar
Your answer suggested that you consider restrictive land zoning regulations to be consistent with free enterprise and efficient pricing, which of course it is not.
You mean like RDRAND? They exist, but if they're built into COTS platforms, you have to trust then, and if they're not, you have to do extra work to assure the joinery and handle failure modes.

To break the attack in this paper, you don't even need a hardware RNG; you just need hardware AES, like most modern platforms have (and like most mainstream operating systems use by default).
This is from 2015. The U.S. is NOT currently in a drought and in fact arguably had too much rain and precipitation this year:

"The U.S. just had it's wettest 12 months on record"

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/the-us-just-had-its-wettest-12-...

Meanwhile blaming every weather anamoly on climate change is rather tiresome. The climate has never ever been static, period.
It means the reorganization will optimize for less carbon usage though, which I happen to think is pretty good.

Electric vehicles might complicate things some (they still present some other negative externalities despite using less carbon); perhaps at that time we can look at other incentives or taxes.
I could point to today's commercial airplanes which exist in a culture & regulatory framework, not pure free-market capitalism, that has consistently reduced the risks of commercial flying for decades.
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That makes sense. I use Rapid Photo Downloader to ingest images. It handles renaming, directory creation, and teeing the data stream to a primary and a backup location. https://www.damonlynch.net/rapid/
It replaced shell my scripts about two years ago. Periodically, I archive the online disks to an offline disk.

When the online backup disk is full, I archive it and buy another. Likewise with the SD cards from the camera, I shoot until they are full and then archive them. I don't delete images off of them and replace them when full. I treat SD cards as a consumable...like film.
"SpaceX, in a new statement, says they were aware of the potential Aeolus/Starlink collision, but at first the probability was low. When the probability increased, “a bug in our on-call paging system prevented the Starlink operator from seeing the follow on correspondence.”" https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1168919094265044996
Let's say you were very into mechanical keyboards and DIY boards (and I think that's a fair assumption if you're building your own cables). You might do this to let you have one cable run from your computer/monitor hub and easily switch between different keyboards with USB-C or micro/mini connectors.

What's the idea behind the key coloring on the Adminbook? (https://hsto.org/webt/2-/mh/ag/2-mhagvoofl7vgqiadv3rcnclb0.j...). I think there's a certain "it's extra bulky and ugly because it looks more functional that way" to both the Adminbook and the 4-pin industrial connector, and that's fine.
Right, but you said "Large chunks of California where power is actually needed are essentially deserts.."

My point was that power can be shipped, in-state, just as easily (more easily?) than it can be shipped from out of state.

Here's a source that discusses maximum power demand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_California

I'm not sure to what extent solar offsets this, but it's worth noting that it was in 2006, before solar was nearly as popular as it is now. Your source discusses power sales, where, I think you're right, rooftop generation would be netted out.

In realtime demand, I think the only cancellation would be the realtime net of production vs consumption. The all-time peak of around 2pm would be a time with lots of solar generation, to your point, so solar during peak times would cancel out some observed demand. Also it sounds like they did a lot of work to time-shift power usage, rather than outright decrease it.
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Do you believe tech companies are inherently less ethical than non-tech companies?
Wouldn't any report of anything be "anecdotal"? Journalists report stories; they typically don't conduct double-blind studies.
Not happening with mine.
You mean, do I work with binary constants? Yes.
Yes, some will move to Singapore, others to Shanghai. They won't stop doing business with China. They'll just move out of HK.
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Not untapped at all. There are guys who run their own polls to get an edge on political bets. One guy actually runs his own polling company now (Survation).

There is a big edge...if you have info about what polls will say before they come out, etc.
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They offer $1 digital credits if you say "no rush shipping", which is equivalent to a $1 discount/item that you are willing to have shipped together with other items that they'll ship to you anyway.
On my 2018 Air, firefox runs a lot better if I put it into low res mode (macOS setting, not ffx setting). Downside is text looks pretty bad but somehow images/videos are fine and content is the same right so whatever.
That pink background to the left weighs 6 MB. Do you really think it's necessary?
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Having made a lot of them... the only trick I know is "practice".
That same delivery vehicle can service 100s of homes at once though, which is why it's more efficient regardless of 1-day delivery windows.

I'm sure they could do a better job of batching deliveries for a single drop off per day but I don't think that's as bad as it might seem considering the overall reduction in consumer-to-store travel.
American wines are made from European Vitis vinifera, grafted on the roots of American species just like in France.
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Biggest announcement Tesla could make is reporting an annual profit.
Yeah, in the book they used distributed ledgers and quantum computing to make it a bit more secure.
I just wish they'd once and for all drop Pocket.

At what point do they understand that it's a failed experiment if they constantly have to re-enable and/or "ship" an "experience"?
It's more that he's so wowed by extremely common features that it comes across as shilling, which it is due to using his referral link. This is an advertisement disguised as an article.
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I know. The question is, why does it need a colon? It seems completely superfluous, from a syntax perspective.
This sounds interesting; does this work like a CRM for people management (networking) ?
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You're being harsh. There's more to brutalism than the material: for instance, the style tends to visibly expose functional elements like elevator and ventilation shafts to the building's exterior.
Yes I missed that. Makes sense I guess but I still think the name and logo were a fun and lovable part of Android, and a popular tourist spot at the Google campus.
I recently bought a Nokia 2.2, which in in the Android One program. Two main reasons: a removable battery and OS updates for two years and security for 3. At this point, there's very little difference between the hardware of flagships and commodity, especially considering the real-world use of smartphones. I mean, is anyone compiling programs on these things or doing anything particularly intensive? Not really. So given the choice between a $1000 phone and a $140 one, I choose the latter because in 2019 your really paying for the software.

Since Android 9, I really enjoy Android. It feels like a totally different experience with things like split screen, gesture nav, and smart replies. The Android team is doing a great job as of late. I look forward to getting this update. I hope we get to a point where the OEMs stop being the gate keepers of our phone's OSs and these devices become more like laptops, in the sense of being able to run whatever we want.
I'm certain that "parents" is not a single monolithic group, and that neither premise ("parents wanted" vs "parents were skeptical") is valid.
Really cool, see a few missing film types (Superia 800 and 1600, Cinestill 800T/Vision3 500T) would also be really interesting if there was listings for cross-processing, especially of slide film in C-41. Each stock has its own set of casts and color crossing and it can be pretty difficult to figure out what that is for each film stock.

Also completely unknown how you'd do it, but giving any kind of data for pushing the B/W films would be really interesting too
I just got 70b3 via the beta channel and the difference is notable when using gmail and google drive. They load faster and there's a bit less latency when you click something in the UI. I can't tell you if this completely closes the gap as I don't really use other browsers. But it definitely improved a bit.

Two big changes related to performance:
- the baseline javascript interpreter is now enabled (this is probably responsible for improving things for Google related stuff).
- they optimized a few things with the compositor for mac to further reduce battery usage. I'm guessing this might include some of the work that has been done to port parts of the browser to rust.

Upcoming versions should at some point include the webrender changes that are currently available to some windows users already.

If you are wondering, the beta channel is generally rock solid for me. You end up restarting the browser a bit more often to get the latest beta and obviously they are still finding and fixing bugs. But I can't remember the last time Firefox crashed on me. I've been on the beta channel for close to two years. By the time features land to the beta channel, they've been on nightly for some time already. So, that generally means all the obvious stuff has been resolved already.
Good thing you can turn it off?

If you're not paying Mozilla for their browser, it seems weird to me to bitch and complain about ways Mozilla explores to generate some revenue without selling out their user's privacy. Especially when they make it very easy to opt out of the thing you don't like. Comments like yours are what makes me very nervous about the future for Mozilla. They are still entirely at the mercy of Google and their revenue sharing agreement for enabling Google as the default search engine. The day that ends, they are going to be in deep trouble if their user base is so hostile to any potential avenues they choose to explore to stay afloat.
Here's my district's high school schedule for an example, schedules vary slightly from district to district and state to state but this is reasonably representative:

http://www.rockfordschools.org/high-schools/rockford-high/da...

The breaks in my district are 6 minutes long, with five 71-minute class periods. You can't socialize much in 6 minutes, you have to get from one class to the next, which might be a 400m walk if you want to stop at your locker - walking through a dense crowd of people, with a 15 lbs backpack. Or 200m if you bring a backpack of 40+ lbs of books and binders for all your morning or afternoon classes, stopping by your locker just at lunch. Lunch is 24 minutes long somewhere before/in the middle of/after 4th period. "Zero hour" at the top of the linked schedule is if you want to take an extra class, eg. to accomodate state requirements like civics and communications while also taking year-long AP classes, performing arts classes, or doubling up on science/math electives beyond the minimum.

If you have an average morning bus arrival at 6:50, and add a sport that goes until 5:30PM, and are quick enough to have get your homework done in just an hour each night, it ends up being about the equivalent of a 60-hour work week...pretty rough on a 14-year-old child. But we're a Blue Ribbon Exemplary School! Top 250 in the nation! In spite of the flaws obvious in the schedule above, if my family is going to be in an American school system, and especially if we want them near extended family, friends, and my job, we're not going to do too much better than this: I bought a house in this district so my kid could get the same great education I did.
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