skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Are you getting in a pissing contest to figure out if the US government has done more wrong things than right things? Because if so, you are going to lose.

Good luck practicing open and honestly blatantly hostile criticism of political figures in any other country. Even Europe has squashed things like memes to keep the public from realizing the truth.

You're not a patriot. You are a wanna be.

People are wrong and corrupt. Governments by and large can only do what we allow them to do. They are simply an amplification of the people underneath it all that are in charge.

If you think countries that help companies in their borders are wrong, you're going to have a really hard time with countries that openly steal from and abuse their citizens.

You think that the US isn't perfect, Possibly you're right. Tell me about your paradise now. Tell me who is perfect? The reality is that every country optimizes for different things. Which country do you think optimizes the best? Have you been able to find a job there you like, pays you well enough, and to move there? If so, great. If not, maybe there's a reason for that? Maybe you really like the X of one country and the Y of another because the X and Y are those things those countries have optimized best for.
Please check out our new Redux Starter Kit package [0]. It includes utilities to simplify several common Redux use cases, including store setup, defining reducers, immutable update logic, and even creating entire "slices" of state at once

The React-Redux hooks API [1] also requires less code that `connect`.

I just wrote a tutorial for RSK that shows how to use it with TypeScript, thunks for async, and React-Redux hooks [2].

[0] https://redux-starter-kit.js.org/

[1] https://react-redux.js.org/api/hooks

[2] https://redux-starter-kit.js.org/tutorials/advanced-tutorial
It's coming in the spring.
The video camera functionality on the Pro model looked amazing. I wasn't expecting to be impressed.
Samsung and Huawei sell more tablets than Amazon
Exactly my thoughts. It's obvious that everyone's coming up with excuses to avoid this guilt by association trash.

Unless and until there's evidence that these people were indeed involved in the trafficking and exploitation directly, they haven't done anything wrong. Even the MIT guy was alright in having taken funding from Epstein, where he deserved to lose his job was all the shady stuff he tried to do alongside that.
I'm curious how you picture the scenarios in which humanity doesn’t survive even +10F average over the next 200 years? Let’s also say a population of several billion.

I see the sentiment often, even in journalism, and I don’t see a realistic path even absent the inevitable new technology.
It's always a Jew.
FaceID works a lot better with gloves on than TouchID did.
When you can program inflection into narrator software. Tell it where to slow down, when to emphasize a point, and wait for the next line to exactly match the next scene transition. For audiobooks it will be a lot more involved because they're more like actors. You have to program different voices, broader range and more nuance in emotions, and probably the ability to interpret more creative formatting in the book layout.

On the other hand, https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20830057/amazon-audible-s...
How small are your pockets? I have an iPhone X and it fits just fine.
The SE must be my favourite phone ever since the Nokia 3310 (although the Yotaphone was up there for pure novelty of having an e-ink display on the reverse). It was practically perfect and it could take more of a beating than the latest X series phones.

An SE sized X would be nice (with the Face ID and stuff), with a higher screen resolution, but I think it would become more fragile as a result.
wait, how will Aetna do that??? That might change things for me
Presumably Apple doesn't make a new SE because it would kill their margins. And it'd be hard for them to make the SE expensive because it would probably be thicker, with a cheaper screen, worse battery life and worse performance (because of battery & cooling).

But I'm sure they could come up with some semi-plausible reason to make an "SE Pro" so they can keep those margins. How about owning the extra thickness and giving it a massive battery and using the depth to put killer camera optics in?
> It is unlikely that any of my friends and family members are going to move to Android, where there is a wide variety of hardware form factors to choose from.

There's hardly any good iPhone SE-sized Android phones anymore. I have a Sony Xperia Somethingsomething Compact and it's the only option I'm aware of, and it's not really that great. I've never had an iPhone but if they release a new SE I'd probably jump ship in a heartbeat.
I was in your camp, then I got a ring that sticks to the back of the phone. I stopped using a case because I no longer drop my phone, and have even started really stupid things like texting while biking. A ring let's you use bigger phones one handed. Those popper things are more popular but inferior in every aspect.
Hydro can act as a giant battery and the reservoirs already exist in much of the US and Europe.
And here I was hoping for cost-reduction plans. Undoubtedly the cloud service provisioning will do the exact opposite.
I really don’t want streaming on the watch to be seen as an acceptable solution by consumers.

If I can’t actually cache my raw media files onto the watch directly and play using any watch-only player app I want, then it’s unusable. Any solution that requires streaming or tethering is a total non-solution.
The Amazon Business Prime Amex offers 5% AWS cashback. It’s great.
get siri to say it and then mimic her pronunciation.

I would try "toe-doe-east" personally as that should work
Apple's new dual camera iPhone 11
I somehow have the intrinsic motivation to make things better and to challenge myself.
This is why I would never just program UIs which were already designed and ready to implement. I could never work on projects that don't require me using my mind.

I need to invent systems, to be creative, to solve complex problems. This is what drives me.
Ask HN: Best open source event tracking software?
Hey HNers,

I have a client that for various reasons wants to be able to track events from all their internal apps by posting to a rest api application. These events are things like PurchaseMade with associated data such as price, customer, product_id, etc, or UserLoggedIn with the user_id and some extra contextual data, everything should be timestamped. These are not monitoring/performance metrics.

Anyway, I've been googling for open source tools/apps/software that already do this, but I can't seem to find anything that's applicable to this use case.

Could someone point me in the right direction or does anyone have any suggestions?

I'd be open software that could be purchases/licensed, the main thing is the collected data needs to hosted and controlled inside the company (i.e. no cloud provider/services).

Thanks in advance :)
Are you talking about natural gas?

I can think of a couple of other renewable resources: Geothermal and Hydroelectric, but Geothermal is geographically limited and Hydroelectric has proven to have more environmental impact than we would like. I have no idea on what the other three could be. I guess you could include Nuclear in the list, but the price points on that make it hard to declare it better than Solar and Wind.
>Disappointing though :/

Esp as it makes it less likely new iPhone will be USB.
Read and inwardly digest the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs.

After that, whatever is next on the treadmill is just some new syntactic sugar on top of the fundamentals taught in that book, which you can pick up with a minimum of time and effort.

Occasionally there is something truly new, but those are few and far between.

Also, if you are seriously worried about your earning potential, read this and learn to really apply it, before picking up another Javascript framework:

https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/
I use an Apple Watch series 3 near the coast in Ecuador (30 degrees celsius year round).

Battery has been fine for me. I wear it at night for sleep tracking, and charge it when I shower. Even on days when I shower once, I usually manage to get through the day without issue.
> ...unsafe operation in one section of code (say, an imported library) can have negative impacts on unrelated sections of code otherwise deemed safe.

Yeah. Just like every line in C/C++ code can have negative impacts on unrelated sections.

While true, that talking point feels somewhat unfair or even in bad faith. Rust requires "unsafe" escape hatch to be able be a low level systems language. Or gasp, to call libraries using C ABI.

I write a lot of low level code in C/C++ (firmware, kernel drivers, low level services) and I think a C ABI compatible "runtimeless" safe language, like Rust, dramatically improve security, safety and even ultimately provide faster time-to-market.
Related, but Uber is said to be hiring 2,00 for it's new Chicago office next year [1]. A mix of engineering and operations. My understanding this would be under their freight team, which according to this Techcrunch article, was unaffected by this layoff.

[1]: https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-uber-hiring-o...
This is probably the least interesting new iPhone ever released.
And to the degree that We Work gets used as a "working from home" option, I expect that in any sort of crunch, many of those people will be told to just, you know, "work from home" and rent conference room facilities etc. on a daily basis as needed.
I got the impression folks were lukewarm to it with concerns about what it would mean with respect to Rust's rolling release cycle and other shapes of incongruent goals between how to manage Rust as a big project and what it takes to maintain compliance for standards purposes.

I would be thrilled to death for that effort to move forward with zeal however. If a WG develops around it, I'd also happily provide engineering resources to coordinate and work on the effort.
Very cool.

As always with projects which use data from Twitter to build something valuable, I wonder if you could share some insights into how your Twitter-to-Website ETL pipeline looks like?
Everyone on stage today wore an S5, and you can see that it looks dimmer, yet still legible.
And the software on these supercomputers is used to tell the time and display a calendar.
Pretty insane that the most profitable company in the (history of the?) world is so risk adverse so as to obsess about margins.
> we have over 27,000 full-time employees in cities around the world

Wow
Teens aren't exactly keen on following their parents' advice and recommendations. They're under the influence of their social circle and whatever is perceived as 'cool'.

And like you said there's plenty of adults that are incapable of resting something which literally kills then, makes them impotent, makes them sick, etc... They even proudly proclaim that it's their right to smoke, what a sad spectacle.
That's great to hear, honestly. Brands like Juul have (had?) very high concentrations.
Apple mice are terrible. They are not made for daily use. My gf with wrist/arm problems swears for Logitech vertical mouse.She had Mx master before but the vertical one helped her a lot. I was also suprised Logitech wireless mice charge last for long time.
If your work is boring and crappy, you're probably giving it no more than 30% of what you're capable of. This is going to sound cliche but it really works: make a passion out of pursuing excellence in your work. I've turned many mundane projects into interesting, educational experiences by going deeper into the work rather than simply getting the job done. Over time, I accumulated domain expertise that I never imagined I would. I've grown personally and professionally for it. Work isn't just about getting things done. Do better work. Make better things.

I guess you can say this is one application of Victor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning", which I recommend you read if you haven't -- or re-reading if it's been a long while!
Yeah. Also how airpods work (including gestures) with Android so it's doable if they put in the effort.
'Money isn't everything' is kind of truism. Stories abound, however of divorce, losing touch with friends and family once a person faces money troubles. Note that I am not trying to justify any particular way. It is just things are going to happen irrespective of one's outlook towards money.
No real surprises but you have to give them credit for such consistent and focused execution.

The consistency builds trust that if I use their digital services, they won’t just change their offerings on a whim.
Disappointed that there wasn't really a true breakout feature I guess they're still doing the s-cadence even if they got rid of the name.

I'm still rocking a 6s and I'm gonna keep it for the next year I guess, more battery life is nice but can't swing $999 for 4 more hours of battery life. Here's hoping 128gb is standard next year (I currently have the 128gb 6s which was the most expensive at the time).
I doubt a company like Apple would re-introduce a product like the SE which at this point is that far off the current median product range they manufacture.
It could have been a passenger taking the video while he was driving. At least, in the video, it appears the person recording is using both hands on the device for a moment, and I doubt anyone driving would dare to completely let go of the wheel at high-speed.
Product page now online: https://www.apple.com/iphone-11-pro/
My X fits in some of my pockets but not all. I’d definitely go down to a smaller phone if Appel made one; the size jump from SE to X was a bit of a shock.
Motion sickness is proof that your body is functioning as evolution intended
I currently use a gigantic iPhone X, but I found my old iPhone 5S (basically the same design as the SE) the other day and was amazed at how small it was. That was one of Apple's great designs.
What's the advantage over just typing the IP into the browser bar?
For what its worth, my Apple Watch S3 has "up to 18 hours of battery life" and I wear it all day and all night, usually only taking it off to charge while i get ready in the morning. (30 minutes to an hour?)

Some days I do briefly end up charging it again in the evening for a while. Some days I don't let it charge enough in the morning (sleeping in, or leaving early) and then end up with not enough battery to make it through the night.

I'm curious if you can disable the always on screen for longer battery on the new watch, or how much of a difference that would even make. I don't mind the screen turning off when im not using it.
I use a Beddit for this very reason - https://www.beddit.com
I'm just happy they dropped the stupid 'X' nomenclature. Now they need to rename Xcode to Apple Code or something...
So it still does the wrist motion detection thing.

I wonder if you can turn this feature off so that it behaves like the previous Apple Watch and save more battery.
I would say it's pretty rare that younger people store media locally on their devices these days. I personally would like to but my music collection is >125 GB of mostly mp3 v0 files so I don't bother.

currently I'm using 28 GB of storage on my pixel 2 (including os install). 32 GB would be a bit cramped, but probably sufficient for the next couple years if she doesn't have tons of games installed.
I'm not directly involved, so I can't say too much, but the general advice of "comments on the internet are not representative" applies.

You should get in touch with the Ferrous folks, I'm sure they'd love to hear from you.
It's not clear they did a spec bump. They didn't announce any new chip.
Funny joke but disingenuous.
> Adherence to the truth is more important than adherence to a narrative.

Yeah but some narratives of the truth can become absurd. And so is this article. The problem right now is not an undersupply of O2 but an oversupply of CO2. In that sense the Amazon is actually part of the earth's lung. Unfortunately the article leaves out the information to which proportion forest contributes as CO2 sink. And also that alternative uses of the area might turn it actually into a CO2 source. That's maybe not intentional but not exactly relevant and therefore misleading.
Sadly still missing USB-C
Yeah, I was a little sad reading this.

But I just dug into the specs for my Series 3 and it's only advertised as "18+ hours" also, yet I get 23+ hours from it even after a year and a half of true "all day" use. I wear it for sleep tracking with the AutoSleep app. It's in its cradle 20 mins twice a day when I shower. So yay for conservative Apple specs?

Hopefully this means the Series 5 isn't actually a battery downgrade. If it is, then the Apple-approved sleep apps in their App Store may not get the love they have received with older Apple Watchen.
Seems to be a camera with a phone app
Hacking into my network from a website in seconds
I just swapped out the deteriorating battery on a 6s for one that has even more capacity than the stock battery did new. It may go up in flames or something next week, but for now it’s a huge upgrade.
Looks like the camera is their main selling proposition.

For me, the camera is the reason why I do not consider buying an iPhone. Because it sticks out on the back.

I don't know .. for me it's impossible to imagine using a phone that does not have a flat back.
Soft robotics breakthrough manages immune response for implanted devices
> I don't care much which OS I have to run

Maybe Purism could think about making a Librem 4 after the 5 releases. Double-down on the hacker-hobbyist niche.
I'll chime in as another iPhone SE supporter. I'm still rocking mine, which itself replaced a four year old iPhone 5. Best form factor of any such device I've ever owned. I replaced the battery in both after two years, as the iPhone 5 one was completely shot and the one in my SE was not doing well (and at whatever Apple considers 75%). Otherwise both have been near bulletproof.
I worked on a smart watch team. Turns out writing a simple while loop and a simple task model, cooperative scheduling, let us sleep our processor more often. It was also very light weight in terms of memory. Basically not having the burden of traditional heavy weight OSes really helped get good battery life.
If they can make money selling a $450 iPhone 8 they can surely make money selling the SE. If they made money selling it in 2017 why wouldn't they make money in 2019?
My Garmin Forerunner is about the size of the larger Apple Watch. While it only lasts 3-6 hours with GPS/HRM/Bluetooth on, it goes for at least 3 weeks on standby, which is what I want from my watch.
11 Code Pro & 11 Code Pro Max, according to precedence.
I watched the announcement really trying to find an excuse to upgrade. But to be honest there was not a single new feature that I really wanted and that my current iPhone 6S couldn't do. Pity.
Although it looks terrible tables with that little arch cutout are pretty smart for this reason. Especially on standing desk.
In a word, price. As a consumer, do you want a bill for 2 cents a kWh? Or one for 15 cents a kWh?

This example explainsa lot of what's happening: [1].

By way of a brief explanation, wind is expanding so fast in a lot of places that the combination of wind+LNG is just too cheap to compete with. Iowa is particularly bad, because wind is not "unreliable" in Iowa. There's a lot of wind and it's almost always blowing. So they aren't even using those LNG plants that much. Which only lowers the price to consumers even further.

In some states the government has stepped in to protect the nuclear industry. Sometimes with things like carbon credits, that are given for generating power without generating carbon. Then the nuclear plants sell those credits on the free market to raise funds. But in some places government has had to be a good deal more draconian. In Georgia, they've basically made it illegal for anyone in Vogtie's service area to switch away. That's the only way they could get the math to work. (And it still doesn't work. The federal government is still pumping billions in cash into that project.)

[1] - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/iowas-only-...
Buhari Receives Envoy to S’Africa
Anyone know what divisions the layoffs were in?
I don't think you can just add the hours like that. It's in a low power mode but the screen's still on. Probably uses very minimal battery to have the always-on display.
And they've being used as storage since the earliest days of the grid. I.e., they're already doing the balancing
This notch. Can't be unseen in 2019.
Hoping one day it can be a standalone device

With all the watchOS 6 stuff that makes it more independent (App Store on watch, iPhone-less apps, etc), I was thinking this might be the year. Oh well, bet it happens next year.
If you need a watch that can make phone calls then the Fitbit is not a good watch choice. I personally don't like making any phone calls and if I have to, my phone is usually near by. But that's a very personal choice.
I also have an 6s. Haven't found much reason to upgrade. I like the smaller form factor. I guess upgrading to the 7 or 8 may be nice at some point for water resistance (a heavy rain shower killed my SE).
I’ll repost an old comment: I’d like an iPod Touch with cellular.

Until then, I’ll keep my iPhone SE and disable JavaScript.
I tried to jump...

I can't be the only one who unnecesarily jumps around in every game unless it's penalized by some sort of stamina system.
Seems so. They note at the end that they still respect rel=noindex and of course robots.txt though.
I'm quite sad they have removed 3D Touch from the phones. A minor feature I really enjoy with quick peeking — and bummed to lose that touch information for apps like Procreate Pocket and other drawing tools.
Since it's quite obscure from the product page. Starting prices:

- iPhone 11: $699 (64GB)

- iPhone 11 Pro: $999 (64GB)

- iPhone 11 Pro Max: $1099 (64GB)
Apple leans on devices business in global battle against Disney, Netflix
To add to what dmix said,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_series#Sams...

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 was announced on the 31st July 2019.

Display: 10.5-inch 2560x1600 Super AMOLED
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Storage: 128/256 GB (expandable up to 512 GB)
Memory: 6/8 GB
Battery: 7,040 mAh
Rear Camera: 13 MP wide + 5 MP ultra-wide
Front Camera: 8 MP
Dimensions: 244.5 × 159.5 × 5.7 mm
Weight: 420 grams
Price: Starts at $649.99
For me the 4 extra hours of battery life is the real breakthrough here.

I don't care for many of the other features because you forget them in your day-to-day use.
While I understand the need to make the camera more powerful (and it's one of the iPhone's truly outstanding capabilities), I just can't understand how Apple decided the design of iPhone 11. (not the Pro)

Was that new camera system really needed in iPhone 11? It... well... just literally spoiled the design... I understand the need of iPhone 11 Pro's cameras... but really? the 11?
Still using my iPad3 from 2012 daily, mostly to read hackernews...
That camera cluster gives me trypophobia vibes. I feel like some sort of robot insect monster is going to hatch and take over my brain. (and/or this iPhone is an infant robot overlord)

Another iteration of "why bother" gadgets which is definitely cool but do we all really need one? I expect the fad to break in the next decade.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia
Basic income doesn't replace health care. unemployment checks, food stamps require waiting time, hoops, paperwork. Even then there is still some chance to be denied. There is no 6-month limitation on basic income.
I find it funny I posted this exact same comment (Minus the TL:DR/opinion on different regulation) earlier which received up-votes on a different thread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20821248

This time, not so much....

Maybe it is because the other thread didn't get as much traction to allow enough people to vote? shrug